I Did Not Endorse Tinubu, He Came With His People For Prayers” — Pa Reuben Fasoranti
“I did not endorse Tinubu. He came with his people for prayers and as a father, I prayed for him. If Obi comes too, I will pray for him. It is not in my place to endorse anyone, that is exclusivity of the Afenifere, which I’m no longer the leader.”
~ Pa Reuben Fasoranti
South-West based mostly socio-political group, Afenifere, has refuted claims that it endorsed former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu or any aspirant for the 2023 presidential election.
African examiner experiences that the chief of South West Agenda, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, in a press release on Monday said that the group had endorsed the candidate of the National Leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC) throughout a go to to Pa Reuben Fasoranti.
However, Afenifere in a press release by its Director of Communications, Sola Lawal on Monday refuted endorsing any candidate.
According to Lawal, the group remains to be mourning the dying of its Publicity Secretary, Yinka Odumakin, saying that each one engagements have been additionally suspended in honour of the deceased”.
He said that 96-year-old Pa Fasoranti had taken a “deserved relaxation when he formally handed over to Chief Ayo Adebanjo and the previous couldn’t have spoken for Afenifere throughout their go to to his Akure residence.