Lagos State can’t afford to be in opposition, says Afenifere

The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, has urged people of Lagos State to ensure that they vote for Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in Saturday’s polls.

According to the group, Lagos as an All Progressives Congress (APC)-led state cannot afford to be in opposition, particularly with Bola Tinubu as president-elect, from which the state will immensely benefit in terms of further development.

In a statement by leader of the apex Yoruba group, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, which was signed by his Administrative Secretary, Chief Oladiran Adesua, the group stressed that Lagos, an extension of Yorubaland and the economic hub of Nigeria, could not afford to be in opposition.

Fasoranti said that numerous youths would be pulled out of the unemployment market.

Similarly, a Yoruba interest-based group, Congress for Rights of Yoruba Nationalities (CROYN), has urged Yoruba at home and in the Diaspora to close ranks “to defend the dignity, fame, values, inviolable sanctity of the race and her ancestral regional monolithic political governance.”

It, therefore, admonished them to demonstrate this at Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly elections in Lagos State, to return the incumbent governor to power.

The CROYN, in a statement by its National President, Abiodun Fanoro and General Secretary, Tunde Ayenumelo, urged non-indigenes “to exhibit the fear of God and re-elect Sanwo-Olu to enable him continue the creation of life-transforming projects in the state.

Also, a Yoruba group, Yoruba Youth Socio-Cultural Association (YYSA), yesterday, urged Yoruba to vote for Sanwo-Olu of the APC in Saturday’s election.

This was contained in a statement signed by its National President, Habib Olalekan Hammed and National Secretary, Olawale Ajao.

The group said the Yoruba people are known for their accommodating characteristics but not to the extent of selling their birthright.