Temidayo Akinsuyi, Lagos

The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has described as tissues of lies a statement made by Prince Tony Momoh, former Minister of Information, that Yoruba leaders jettisoned the agenda of the region at the 2005 constitutional conference after pressures from former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

Momoh, a national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), had – in an interview with DAILY INDEPENDENT – said he once described Yoruba leaders as a “disgrace to those who believe in them” for dumping the Yoruba agenda at the conference.

Speaking with DAILY INDEPENDENT, Yinka Odumakin, National Publicity Secretary of the organisation, challenged Momoh to name the Yoruba leaders who betrayed the cause of the Yoruba nation.

Shedding light on what transpired at the conference, the Afenifere spokesman said: “The President of Ohanaeze, Chief John Nwodo, said to Chief Bisi Akande at the 10th memorial of Senator Abraham Adesanya that if elders like him can no longer speak the truth because of APC card, Nigeria is in deep trouble.

“In like manner, I will say if an elder statesman and veteran journalist whose words people should swear with like Prince Momoh begins to deal in low-quality rumours and fake lies, Project Nigeria is doomed.

“We were all in this country in 2005 when the political conference took place.

“All delegates to that conference were handpicked by the government.

“The leaders of the regions were not allowed to pick their delegates as governors did the picking.

“Leaders of Yoruba tried to influence the governors as PDP controlled five states then, except Lagos.

“We had a meeting with the PDP governors in Ladoja’s office in Ibadan. Gen Alani Akinrinade, Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye, and some of us were there.

“The governors agreed to set up a Technical Committee headed by Chief Richard Akinjide, myself, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, Mr. Remi Olatubora, and about 10 others.

“We met for three days at the University of Ibadan and got our report ready, mirroring the agreed positions of Yoruba for the conference.

“We went back to the governors in Ibadan and met a totally hostile bunch who rejected all key ingredients of Yoruba agenda and they would not consider anybody who would not toe their line as a delegate.

“We left them realising they were not going to follow the Yoruba agenda.

“Otunba Gbenga Daniel offered to keep the Technical Committee to keep the pressure on delegates in Abuja.

“But those of us who were independent of the governors declined further participation as our chairman had already openly disowned our report and the governors were going to play their game.

“Leaders of Yoruba retreated and empowered a committee to launch the Yoruba agenda rejected by the governors.

“Our Committee, headed by Ambassador Olu Otunla, launched the document at Okokan Stadium with Yoruba leaders in attendance to let the world know our stand.

“Aside from the PDP governors who frustrated the agenda, Afenifere also accused Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who was the only governor then in the opposition, of moving against the agenda by producing a Lagos agenda.

“The Lagos State which was not under PDP which should have at least been a fall back was not there as Tinubu also rejected all main planks of Yoruba agenda and produced a Lagos agenda.

“Yoruba participation at the conference was therefore governmental, and I challenge our revisionist Prince to name those Yoruba leaders who betrayed an agenda that did not get to Abuja.”

On the claim by Momoh that there was no way President Buhari could have called for the release of the late MKO Abiola, the acclaimed winner of the June 12 presidential election during his detention under Abacha, Odumakin said the former national chairman of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) should be in hiding now for saying Nigerians should stone APC leaders if they fail to perform.

“You remember Prince Momoh was the Information Minister when Dele Giwa was parcel-bombed in 1986?

“He promised the country there would be a judicial probe of the incident. He was to later say such a probe would serve no purpose.

“How do you expect such apostle of double-speak to accept anybody to make the right call in a moment of moral crisis?

“Was he not the one who said Nigerians should stone APC leaders if they failed them during their campaign in 2015? Should he not be hiding now if it were a decent clime?



Read more https://independent.ng/2005-national-confab-s-west-govs-tinubu-frustrated-yoruba-agenda-afenifere/

OK.. We don't care about the past or betrayer bullsh*t anymore with all due respect. We should be talking about the solution, which is restructuring the country into regions.

Too much talk and no action. Restructure this damn country and the time has come for East, West and South to unite and achieve this agenda now.

coolzeal:
OK.. We don't care about the past or betrayer bullsh*t anymore with all due respect. We should be talking about the solution, which is restructuring the country into regions.

Too much talk and no action. Restructure this damn country and the time has come for East, West and South to unite and achieve this agenda now.

These old men no GET SHAME, they sold AD to Obj and expect BAT to join those who were rigged in by obj?.
Tinubu ONLY wants Lagos agenda?, Tinubu was the Governor of Lagos then, which agenda was he supposed to be pushing?.
Abi no be this country we dey when Lagos state allocation was withheld for good two years by Obj?.
And the worthless elders did not see anything wrong in that?, oh I see "it serve him right for not co operating to sell Lagos to PDP"?.
Let the people of Lagos get rid of Tinubu if they want the federal government to give them FOOD MONEY abi?.
God pass man it's all history now, Yoruba agenda by who and for which people gan self?,
There was NEVER any generally agree upon agenda until DAWN.
Yoruba agenda or Afenifere's selfish agenda?, like the one they implement before 2015 election?.
I'm sorry for these Baba dem, aye o Jo apala mo o, hip hop l'aye njo at this moment.

This is a one sided story! He should have stated what exactly is that yoruba agenda that was roundly rejected by all in authority...
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In anycase, OBJ is still the best president in the history of Nigeria. His only stupidity is his penchant for supporting idiots! e.g. GEJ
& PMB were all obasanjor suportees.

Tinubu only cares about Tinubu family. I laugh when I see zombies saying otherwise. A man whose wife is senator, nephew oil magnate, son in law Parliamentarian, he gat no time for you poor zombies.

coolzeal:
OK.. We don't care about the past or betrayer bullsh*t anymore with all due respect. We should be talking about the solution, which is restructuring the country into regions.

Too much talk and no action. Restructure this damn country and the time has come for East, West and South to unite and achieve this agenda now.

If the bolded comes to fruition, Fulani terrorist herdsmen would vanish into political, social, economic, security and realistic oblivion.

But alas, Tinubu and co are still engrossed and enmeshed in Fulani asslicking.

Lexusgs430:
Who the hell are this afenifere's?

Hmmmmmmm...even non Yorubas are insulting Yoruba elders.

Continue, Buhari will never be there forever.

we all kinow already... shame on them

BandAid:




How is your comment a solution to the problem? Grandstanding, fingerpointing and Shaku Shaku dance won't solve our problem. Pls proffer solution to the problem at hand. Orun n ya bo, ki n soro enikan. We are all in this together.

Please do not dissipate energy on that riffraff.
He isn't a purebred Yoruba.

Haven't you noticed that many Futa Jalon diehard Buhari crackhead supporters have been claiming to be Yorubas online, just to cause unhealthy rivalry among the peoples of the Southern part of Nigeria?

Mehn, that mofo deserve no response else his motives would have been achieved.

Typical

I just pray that Tinubu's greed will not haunt Southern Nigeria till eternity....

who's still talking about the past? Betrayal happens on daily basis, what we should all concern ourselves with right now is how to restructure this country not what had happened in the past. I WEEP FOR NIGERIA

Hmmm

What’s afenifere’s with the APC national convention.

They shld be more concern in their ADC dead mission with OBJ than APC and tinubu.

The killings in the middle belt is just too much, so pathetic and solution is not forth coming.

Kindly go on twitter and join the trend

*#Supereaglesblackband4Middlebeltkillings*

Start posting on all social media platforms for super eagles to put on a black hand band to stop the killings of Nigerians in the middle belt

This is beyond religion, ethnicity or politics but to preserve our existence as a country

Let them wear the band today.
We can do it through the power of the media, the political cabals may stop it but the world will see it and can take it from there������

Never sleep while your neighbours house is on fire because yours may be next

*LETS MAKE IT HAPPEN*

Yorubas and betrayals are like 5 & 6, watch what u do with them or discuss with them

Who the hell are this afenifere's?

coolzeal:
OK.. We don't care about the past or betrayer bullsh*t anymore with all due respect. We should be talking about the solution, which is restructuring the country into regions.

Too much talk and no action. Restructure this damn country and the time has come for East, West and South to unite and achieve this agenda now.

That is it, forget about the past and restructure this country.
These politicians are too selfish.

ALL WE SAYING IS RESTRUCTURE NIGERIA!!!
ALL WE SAYING IS RESTRUCTURE NIGERIA!!!
ALL WE SAYING IS RESTRUCTURE NIGERIA!!!
ALL WE SAYING IS RESTRUCTURE NIGERIA!!!
ALL WE SAYING IS RESTRUCTURE NIGERIA!!!
ALL WE SAYING IS RESTRUCTURE NIGERIA!!!
ALL WE SAYING IS RESTRUCTURE NIGERIA!!!
ALL WE SAYING IS RESTRUCTURE NIGERIA!!!

Tinubu and betrayal are like folani and cow.

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Election coming near everybody talks no country interest but personal interest naija Is doomed is a selfish country from the government to the citizen

hmmm

So now PDP betrayed Yoruba , same PDP that Obasanjo was their leader , same Obasanjo that Afenifere is threatening Buhari for ?

only selfish people agitate for restructuring - Buhari

Tinubu is the most Selfish politician this country ever had.

The very same person that carried "restructuring and true federalism for head " during Jonathan's regime has suddenly gone quiet because of what he's gaining under Buhari ?

Hmmm...

7lives:


These old men no GET SHAME, they sold AD to Obj and expect BAT to join those who were rigged in by obj?.
Tinubu ONLY wants Lagos agenda?, Tinubu was the Governor of Lagos then, which agenda was he supposed to be pushing?.
Abi no be this country we dey when Lagos state allocation was withheld for good two years by Obj?.
And the worthless elders did not see anything wrong in that?, oh I see "it serve him right for not co operating to sell Lagos to PDP"?.
Let the people of Lagos get rid of Tinubu if they want the federal government to give them FOOD MONEY abi?.
God pass man it's all history now, Yoruba agenda by who and for which people gan self?,
There was NEVER any generally agree upon agenda until DAWN.
Yoruba agenda or Afenifere's selfish agenda?, like the one they implement before 2015 election?.
I'm sorry for these Baba dem, aye o Jo apala mo o, hip hop l'aye njo at this moment.

How is your comment a solution to the problem? Grandstanding, fingerpointing and Shaku Shaku dance won't solve our problem. Pls proffer solution to the problem at hand. Orun n ya bo, ki n soro enikan. We are all in this together.

coolzeal:
OK.. We don't care about the past or betrayer bullsh*t anymore with all due respect. We should be talking about the solution, which is restructuring the country into regions.

Too much talk and no action. Restructure this damn country and the time has come for East, West and South to unite and achieve this agenda now.

you never hear wetin the vulture buhari just talk concerning restructuring?