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The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has cautioned President Bola Tinubu over what it described as his bias and preference for the Yoruba in federal appointments.

The group made this known in a statement by its leader and the National Publicity Secretary, Ayo Adebanjo, and Justice Faleye, respectively, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

It warned that the development could threaten inter-ethnic relationships and peaceful co-existence in Nigeria.

They insisted that President Tinubu should correct the anomaly.

The statement partly read, “We can never condone the outrageous bias by Tinubu to make Yorubas head of all arms of the criminal justice system (EFCC, DSS, Attorney-General and Chief Justice); the economy (Coordinating Minister of the economy, CBN, Finance, Blue Economy, Digital Economy, Trade, Industries and Investment, Bank of Industry, Solid Minerals); as well as the forces (army, police, customs, immigration, DSS).

“Afenifere can’t use several decades to fight against Fulani hegemony only to support Yoruba or any other hegemony. Afenifere bitterly complained that President Buhari’s northern hegemony can’t remain mute on ethnic hegemony, as being perpetrated by Tinubu.

“Buhari was accused of bias for the North, with three regions, not to talk of Tinubu bias not for the South, but a single ethnicity and single region. Our progenitor, Chief Obafemi Awolowo once threatened to curse anyone that tied Afenifere to Yoruba only.

“By the virtue of our name, Afenifere, meaning those that want good for all humans, and as omoluabi Yorubas, we won’t support any government that engages in undemocratic practices. Nor would we support a government whose first year pushed over 14 million people into poverty with anti-people policies.

“President Tinubu is no stranger to Afenifere, but having backed him into power in 1999, and witnessed his 24-year precedents in Lagos, it would have been wicked and morally irresponsible to support him into power as President.

“This was why the true Afenifere supported Peter Obi and was in-charge of his presidential campaign headed by Akin Osuntokun, an Afenifere chieftain.”

Daily Trust reports that after the appointment of Major General Olufemi Oluyede as Acting Chief of Army Staff, many persons, especially on Social Media, accused Tinubu of “Yorubanisation”, a term which losely interprets as favouring the Yoruba.

Oluyede was appointed to stand in for General Tahoreed Lagbaja, Chief of Army Staff, who has been away from the country treating an undisclosed ailment.

Some Nigerian had argued that there were equally competent generals who could stand in for Lagbaja other than another person from the South West.

But the Presidency has denied the allegation that the current administration is favouring the South West at the expense of other regions in terms of appointments in the security sector.

In a post via X on Saturday, Special Adviser to the President on Public Communications and Orientation, Sunday Dare, shared a list of the heads of security agencies appointed by Tinubu.

According to the list, the North West has the highest appointees (eight), followed by the South West (five) and North Central (four).

North East has three appointees, according to the presidential aide’s list, while South South and South East have one each.

“Facts do not lie. Below we see laid bare the facts about the regional outlook of President Tinubu’s appointments within 20 security agencies. The label of him favouring Yorubas in the Security set up does not fit. Nigeria we hail thee!,” Dare captioned the post.

Source: https://Dailytrust.com/Afenifere-criticizes-Tinubu-over-‘lopsided’-appointments

..the Yorubas are the most ethnically sectional tribalistic region in the whole geographical expression..they will accuse others of tribalism...while perpetrating tge worst tribalism in the history of the country..

..even the poo in hari is a shadow of bigotry & nepotism when compared to Thief'nubu's tribalism..

..BATists..come & insult thee real omoluabi Afenifere because they spoke the truth against parapoism & tribalism..

..fake progressive a"s"s"es..

..ready. ?

..gooooo.

If he likes let him give it to all Yoruba is not my business what matters to me is the pain Nigerians are going through under his watch. I can't imagine a man who campaigned on the slogan that the poor should be allowed to breath but has in turn stolen the whole cylinder carrying oxygen for the poor man to breath.
Be it hausa Yoruba or Igbo we are all being suffocated by his policies

This isn't afenifere but afenifebi

The same Ayo Adebanjo that collected 200m from Peter Obi (Labour Party)to dance with grey hair can't speak for the Yorubas

This is Peter Obi naira speaking

Tochi3:


..the Yorubas are the most ethnically sectional tribalistic region in the whole geographical expression..they will accuse others of tribalism...while perpetrating tge worst tribalism in the history of the country..

..even the poo in hari is a shadow of bigotry & nepotism when compared to Thief'nubu's tribalism..

..BATists..come & insult thee real omoluabi Afenifere because they spoke the truth against parapoism & tribalism..

..fake progressive a"s"s"es..

..ready. ?

..gooooo.

Says a hypocrite whose master obi refuse to visit Eboyin state, who ensure only Ibo were in sensitive position in his campaign and even at litigation baby ibo lawter he claimed to have paid 78m were used. Obi has no history employing non-ibo as a governor

They should go to court

I don't blame him much because it was Buhari that set the template for him.

When Buhari was busy appointing only his clans, Northerners were silent, some including his Nairaland payroll BMC were defending him that Buhari is at liberty to chose who he want to work with. A Nepotistic precedent was set, today the table has turned to Yoruba.

Like what APC is doing today, destroying the judiciary, legislature and the economy, INEC conducting the most despicable election, the template will be there for another party when the tables turn and we will all destroy the country.

These are among few good Yorubas, other are tribalistic thing

I reliably gathered that Peter Obi marginalized Anglicans and those from the Idemiri section of his state because they didn't vote for him when he was governor. But this fake Afenifere that all Yoruba rejected during the election wants Jagaban to accord the same level of appointments to a minority tribe of secessionists who didn't vote for him but were actively calling for him to be overthrown by the military.

Nigeria will not beg anybody. You either join the moving train or get left behind.

President Tinubu should heed this warning.

Appointment should be based on merit but be shared along geopolitical zones.

But again the main focus should be the economy.
People are suffering

Yet everyone is suffering Yoruba, igbo, hausa etc.

Afenifere don dey vex.

How can they criticize president Tinubu for appointing his own people?

The president's appointments are not yet complete. By the time he completes his appointments, the critics would have nothing to say

I believe that Tinubu and his goons in the south west APC are the brains behind the anti igbo/eastern Nigeria policies of the APC. While buhari has never been pro igbo either, i believe that the stringent attemps by this evil party to more or else unravel the east, were all orchestrated by the main backers of the party; the Lagos APC. Whether this has something to do with the expanding igbo business presence in Lagos or just a cultural disdain for others, i don't know. But When at the formation of the APC in Lagos, Fashola once bluntly stated that "those who lost the war can not be enjoying than those who won the war", he was alluding to something in the offing..

Looks as if a certain segment of the dominating political elite in Lagos, have decided to project the igbos as the biggest enemies of the Yorubas. No one puts it in a more jarring form than Mr Bayo Onanuga who in one of his notorious outbursts stated emphatically that "igbos are a big threat to yorubas"! He was immediately rewarded with a presidential appointment by a cunny Tinubu. The fact that most people don't seem to recognise is that there are a litany of other southwest political heavyweights, who have made similar statements. Because they were not taken serious, "village hate" has now become a national policy.

Toh

Tinubu should be ready to be criticized.

The opposition are not even interested in holding the government accountable, their only interest is to attack and criticize

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Tochi3:


..the Yorubas are the most ethnically sectional tribalistic region in the whole geographical expression..they will accuse others of tribalism...while perpetrating tge worst tribalism in the history of the country..

..even the poo in hari is a shadow of bigotry & nepotism when compared to Thief'nubu's tribalism..

..BATists..come & insult thee real omoluabi Afenifere because they spoke the truth against parapoism & tribalism..

..fake progressive a"s"s"es..

..ready. ?

..gooooo.

Bros yorubas are good at projecting themselves onto others... Anything Yoruba person accuse you off know very well he is doing it

Quodseverismete:
I don't blame him much because it was Buhari that set the template for him.

When Buhari was busy appointing only his clans, Northerners were silent, some including his Nairaland payroll BMC were defending him that Buhari is at liberty to chose who he want to work with. A Nepotistic precedent was set, today the table has turned to Yoruba.

Like what APC is doing today, destroying the judiciary, legislature and the economy, INEC conducting the most despicable election, the template will be there for another party when the tables turn and we will all destroy the country.

Stop lying

Buhari appointment was spread across North (3 zones) Tinubu ia just in South West 1 zone... They are not the same

Good2go1:
These are among few good Yorubas, other are tribalistic thing

Oga na whining so that in the future they can say we talked against it

This is pure lamba

God bless Afenifere and Non-tribalistic Yorubas.

mrvitalis:
Oga na whining so that in the future they can say we talked against it

This is pure lamba

It is NOT.

The Group has being one for Fairness and Equity since time is immemorial.

Only a Fool or hardcore Yoruba Tribalist won't see wrong in Tinibu's actions.

Let the insults start on these patriots from demented agbadorians

VinnyBaba:
It is NOT.

The Group has being one for Fairness and Equity since time is immemorial.

Only a Fool or hardcore Yoruba Tribalist won't see wrong in Tinibu's actions.

Make I hear.. All are lamba... Just like falana and sowore attack on Tinubu
It only happens on irrelevant issues that would have no serious effect on Tinubu

mrvitalis:
Make I hear.. All are lamba... Just like falana and sowore attack on Tinubu
It only happens on irrelevant issues that would have no serious effect on Tinubu

Igbos don sabi Yoruba people finish.. great

Those guys ba?

When Igbos wakes up finally politically.. Yoruba go scream disintegration by fire by force

Secession no far from them na time… they go shout am eh.. Igbos go dey scream one Nigeria

As them dey lay foundation.. ohaneze too dey balance am

Afenifere should know that Nigeria back then is not the same with Nigeria today. When GEJ was in power, he exhibited the worst kind of hate against the SW. He didn't just marginalize Yorubas but was picking out Yorubas from Federal Agencies for sack, to replace with Igbos . It's just that Yorubas are docile, if not our people should have risen to fight such injustice. At a point. Igbos took over almost everything in Abuja, all Financial institutions and whatnot in this country were under their grip
When Buhari came into power, he removed and replaced them all with Northerners, reason their hate for the man grew beyond bounds. Throughout Buhari's 8years, the North held power firmly. That was when Yorubas got appointment and were allowed to remain as head of Federal Agencies.

Imagine what GEJ a Southerner did to South West compared to what a Northerner did.

The President should appoint those he knows will deliver and give results, not giving appointments to those that will sabotage his government.
Look at the ones calling themselves APC in Anambra who all worked against APC for Obi now crying that lady Bianca got appointed as Minister against their wish. They are just starting with their crocodile tears.

adenigga:
The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has cautioned President Bola Tinubu over what it described as his bias and preference for the Yoruba in federal appointments.

The group made this known in a statement by its leader and the National Publicity Secretary, Ayo Adebanjo, and Justice Faleye, respectively, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

It warned that the development could threaten inter-ethnic relationships and peaceful co-existence in Nigeria.

They insisted that President Tinubu should correct the anomaly.

The statement partly read, “We can never condone the outrageous bias by Tinubu to make Yorubas head of all arms of the criminal justice system (EFCC, DSS, Attorney-General and Chief Justice); the economy (Coordinating Minister of the economy, CBN, Finance, Blue Economy, Digital Economy, Trade, Industries and Investment, Bank of Industry, Solid Minerals); as well as the forces (army, police, customs, immigration, DSS).

“Afenifere can’t use several decades to fight against Fulani hegemony only to support Yoruba or any other hegemony. Afenifere bitterly complained that President Buhari’s northern hegemony can’t remain mute on ethnic hegemony, as being perpetrated by Tinubu.

“Buhari was accused of bias for the North, with three regions, not to talk of Tinubu bias not for the South, but a single ethnicity and single region. Our progenitor, Chief Obafemi Awolowo once threatened to curse anyone that tied Afenifere to Yoruba only.

“By the virtue of our name, Afenifere, meaning those that want good for all humans, and as omoluabi Yorubas, we won’t support any government that engages in undemocratic practices. Nor would we support a government whose first year pushed over 14 million people into poverty with anti-people policies.

“President Tinubu is no stranger to Afenifere, but having backed him into power in 1999, and witnessed his 24-year precedents in Lagos, it would have been wicked and morally irresponsible to support him into power as President.

“This was why the true Afenifere supported Peter Obi and was in-charge of his presidential campaign headed by Akin Osuntokun, an Afenifere chieftain.”

Daily Trust reports that after the appointment of Major General Olufemi Oluyede as Acting Chief of Army Staff, many persons, especially on Social Media, accused Tinubu of “Yorubanisation”, a term which losely interprets as favouring the Yoruba.

Oluyede was appointed to stand in for General Tahoreed Lagbaja, Chief of Army Staff, who has been away from the country treating an undisclosed ailment.

Some Nigerian had argued that there were equally competent generals who could stand in for Lagbaja other than another person from the South West.

But the Presidency has denied the allegation that the current administration is favouring the South West at the expense of other regions in terms of appointments in the security sector.

In a post via X on Saturday, Special Adviser to the President on Public Communications and Orientation, Sunday Dare, shared a list of the heads of security agencies appointed by Tinubu.

According to the list, the North West has the highest appointees (eight), followed by the South West (five) and North Central (four).

North East has three appointees, according to the presidential aide’s list, while South South and South East have one each.

“Facts do not lie. Below we see laid bare the facts about the regional outlook of President Tinubu’s appointments within 20 security agencies. The label of him favouring Yorubas in the Security set up does not fit. Nigeria we hail thee!,” Dare captioned the post.

Source: https://Dailytrust.com/Afenifere-criticizes-Tinubu-over-‘lopsided’-appointments

I'm not Yoruba, but I love what he's doing. The northerners would do worse and no one will complain

Odin13:
Igbos don sabi Yoruba people finish.. great

Those guys ba?

When Igbos wakes up finally politically.. Yoruba go scream disintegration by fire by force

Secession no far from them na time… they go shout am eh.. Igbos go dey scream one Nigeria

As them dey lay foundation.. ohaneze too dey balance am

Give a man power then you know his true self
Na watin just expose yorubas right now

blame all this happening on the buhari because he is the one introduce nepotism in the system and he will be remembered for it .

Non tribalistic Yoruba person is not biased and truly nice, I have worked with so many of them and still have a lot of them as my tight manchies

Make them appoint themselves into the government!

Ori gbogbo yin buru. E ma ke ku ni.

If appointments can be this lopsided during democracy and with social media awareness, I can imagine what the Igbos survived during the military era when everyone was in darkness.

22 appointments by the govt yet only one Igbo man