The leader of the pan Yoruba socio-political organisation Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, has said Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) respectively are “ineligible” to contest the 2023 presidential election, due to the policy of power rotation in the country.
Speaking during an interview with The Niche, published on Monday, Pa Adebanjo said: “Take for instance Bola Tinubu from my own region, on the basis of the agreement for peace and equity, the Yoruba people have had their share when Olusegun Obasanjo became the president.
“And after Obasanjo, power went back to the North and we had Umaru Yar’Adua. After Yar’Adua, it came back to the South, and we had Goodluck Jonathan and after Jonathan, it went back to the North and now we have Muhammadu Buhari about to complete his second term of eight years.
“And after Buhari, power is coming back to the South. How do the Yoruba come in again when they have had their turn? Or is it the South-South? The only region that has not had its turn is the Southeast.
“We arrived at the Southeast not for any other consideration but under the constitutional arrangement we have agreed to in the interest of peace, equity and justice.”
Pa Adebanjo is a supporter of Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra State who is the presidential flag-bearer of the Labour Party.
