Akin Osuntokun, Director-General of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, has debunked insinuations that the Yoruba socio cultural group, Afenifere is polarised.
In an interview, Osuntokun said rather than being divided, the group is fully united in its support for Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party.
Osuntokun maintained that “It (Afenifere) has not been polarised or factionalised.
“The crisis that happened was between the former leaders and Chief (Reuben) Fasoranti. He has even given a statement distancing himself from the attempt to factionalise the organisation. So, the alleged factionalisation of the organisation is a non-issue and wouldn’t stay.
“Secondly, I belong to the Afenifere group and that is their position. Thirdly, in the perspective of equity, fairness and justice, there is no zone more deserving of producing the Nigerian President than the Igbo people of the South-East.
“Of course, as I said, we cannot continue to compare Obi with the two other candidates. There is no basis for comparison at all. He is head and shoulder above the two of them. I have been known by our people in the South-West and, I daresay, Nigeria at large.
“As an upright person, I always take position on the basis of principles. Before I joined this campaign, you have been reading my column in the last few years and you can bear me witness that I have always championed the cause of the presidency being conceded to the South-East. The Yoruba have gone past that”, Osuntokun submitted.
