Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, said on Thursday that President Muhammadu Buhari had decided to turn a blind eye to inciting statements by some Northern leaders because they are both on the same page.

Junaid Mohammed, in a recent interview, had said the Igbo were free to secede if denied the presidency in 2023, while Ango Abdullahi had also said there was nothing wrong if the North remained in power for the next 100 years.

Speaking in with Daily Independent, Yinka Odumakin, Afenifere’s National Publicity Secretary, said he was not surprised that the Federal Government and security agencies had not cautioned the likes of Junaid because they were only verbalising the policies of the government which was aimed at alienating some sections of the country.

He said it was surprising that Omoyele Sowore, convener of the #RevolutionNow Movement, should be languishing in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) with a stringent bail condition while the likes of Junaid and Ango, who were making statements capable of dividing the country, were walking free.

Odumakin said: “The Federal Government sees nothing wrong in these statements because they are singing from the same hymn book.

“The government is implementing exclusive policies, alienating sections of the country, and people like Junaid Mohammed and Ango Abdullahi are just verbalising what the Federal Government is doing. They are only verbalising what the government is acting.

“That is why the security agencies have not called them to order. It is only those who call for revolution that they arrest and give impossible bail conditions.

“But these kinds of people who are making statements that can divide the country and set it ablaze, they don’t even take any notice.”
In a related development, President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, on Thursday said elder statesman and Second Republic lawmaker, Junaid Mohammed, lied when he claimed he (Nwodo) came to the North, knelt down and begged to be made president.

unaid, in an interview with Daily Independent had said: “Are you telling me because John Nwodo is the president of Ohanaeze I should ask people to vote for him? I will not.

“He came all the way from Enugu with a delegation and we had a meeting in a house not very far from my house, I think it is the house of a former governor of Kaduna State, Lawal Jafaru Isa.

“We had a meeting there in which John Nwodo went on his knees begging us to make him president. We laughed at him. In our culture, you don’t come here and say you people should make me this or that. We allow people to point at you and say you are good to occupy certain positions.”

However, speaking with our correspondent, Nwodo described Junaid’s statement as lies, saying he would soon respond.

“He (Junaid) is telling lies. I am in a meeting right now but I will soon respond. We will issue a statement very soon,” Nwodo said.
https://www.independent.ng/2023-why-buhari-cant-call-northern-leaders-to-order-afenifere/?utm_source=&utm_medium=facebook

They are political statements intended to actually test the strength and the capability of the South to resist their action. Look at what the Vice President is facing just because he stands qualified to be the best President if given the opportunity. And nobody is talking. If not for him, only God knows what would have become of the threats from the Niger Delta agitators. Also our exchange rate would have climbed to #600.00 per US Dollar. He brought it down to #360.00 during the short opportunity given to him. Yet, he has been singled out for humiliation. It was only his Helicopter that nearly crashed during campaign. If all the southern leaders fail to see reasons to come together, then, they are foolish. But they should know that if they fail to do the needful, God will raise neutral voices for his people are render them useless in His own way.

Bubu does not see any wrong doing from the Northern part as crime . He's too biased in his leadership ..

They are indirectly building a stronger united South.

God works in mysterious ways.

Esseite:
They are indirectly building a stronger united South.

Continue deceiving yourself.

This country is like the novel..Trouble in form six".....everyday one new talk woth one new controversy along with it. .

Sukueponmalu:

Continue deceiving yourself.

Sorry, don't do tribalists.... try the next comment.

Esseite:


Sorry, don't do tribalists....

I am yoruba!
Continue deceiving yourself.
United south my ass!

Junaid needs to called to order. His statements are aways inflammatory.

Sukueponmalu:

I am yoruba!
Continue deceiving yourself.
United south my ass!

Being yoruba, Igbo or hausa does not stop you from being a tribalist.. .

someone said United south . the south will never as far as some

Sukueponmalu:

I am yoruba!
Continue deceiving yourself.
United south my ass!

which Yoruba,apc Yoruba

Esseite:


Being yoruba, Igbo or hausa does not stop you from being one..

You will vote for pdp again as usual in 2023. And you guys are always losers.
Kiss the truth.

surgical:
which Yoruba,apc Yoruba

So much for unity

Afenifebi

They are his beloved and in them, he is well pleased.

Buhari iz no more

Yinka Odumakin must refrain from casting aspersions on the President because it's of no use as he stands alone on his negative views.
His kinsmen are civil, educated and very diplomatic.
They'd never say the things he says about the President even if they are true.

That is courtesy even if some people wrongly interprete it as cowardice.
The President is the father of the nation. The father is never wrong and even if he is, it is not in the place of a son to correct him.

CLUELESS

Well noted.

This country can only move forward if we are united.. say no to tribalism

Yoruba muslims seem to be quiet these days....are they hungry?

Awon Afeni fe ara won, Awon Afeni fe apo(pocket) won , awon agba oshi e ni ku sibi aso yin wa ..

juaid is mad

How will he?

The north believes power belongs to them and they allocate it as they wish,...but they know the Igbos hardly act sycophantic and thus share the same character with them in superiority.....

Thus they never regard any tribe that didn't partake in the Nigerian Civil war but use them as tools to gain from Nigeria.....that is how Buhari is the president of Nigeria today

truly he sees nothing wrong in what ffk, Reno, areniferi spokesman can't remember his name, the media and a host of other hostile remarks that come from leaders of the South... This fool expects PMB to mind and regulate what Junaid that ipob love so much.

fredoooooo:
Awon Afeni fe ara won, Awon Afeni fe apo(pocket) won , awon agba oshi e ni ku sibi aso yin wa ..

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Oga, ebea bu ngalaba jikotara ndi di iche iche, biko ichoo ikwu ihe obula, nwere asusu oyibo kwu o ya, ...udo diri gi

Winter is coming..... weather we like it or not.

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ArcSEMPECJ:
The north believes power belongs to them and they allocate it as they wish,...but they know the Igbos hardly act sycophantic and thus share the same character with them in superiority.....

Thus they never regard any tribe that didn't partake in the Nigerian Civil war but use them as tools to gain from Nigeria.....that is how Buhari is the president of Nigeria today

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It is people like this who make hate speech per second that continue to create the impression that SE is hateful and disdainful. The thing about hypocrisy is that only the hypocrites takes their words seriously