The five governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who rejected Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s bid for the presidency are being supported by Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba socio-political organization, which issued a statement towards that effect, IgbereTV reports
The group attributed the PDP crisis to the party’s constitution being broken as well as the suggestions made at the 2014 national conference regarding the rotation of power between the northern and southern states of the nation.
Chief Sola Ebiseeni, the secretary-general of Afenifere, said in a statement issued on Tuesday. that the organization supported the position of the five PDP governors opposed to former vice president Atiku Abubarkar’s presidency, led by Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike.
Afenifere was of the opinion that power should shift to the south after President Muhammadu Buhari, a northerner, has served an eight-year term.
Ebiseni claimed that the PDP’s selection of Atiku Abubarkar as its presidential candidate constituted a violation of the PDP’s bylaws. He claimed that because of his place of birth, it was impossible for members of the Afenifere to accept the unwise choice of the PDP presidential candidate and maintain national peace.
He went on to say that it is blatant hypocrisy for politicians to openly sabotage their parties during elections and shamelessly reject the equity they preached when it comes to the most important office while simultaneously refusing to compromise on the zoning of their state’s Houses of Assembly, National Assembly, and governorships
