A group, Southwest Frontiers Group for Buhari 2019 has said that the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari was the collective responsibility of all eligible voters in Yorubaland.
The group emphasized that the restructuring being canvassed by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Atiku Abubakar was to deceive them in order to garner votes during the polls.
Besides, the group criticized the fractionalized socio-political organization, Afenifere for declaring support for Atiku.
According to the group, the Afenifere was not speaking for the people in the South-West on their choice for the next month poll.
The group hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for his excellent performance, stressing that he deserved re-election.
Speaking to reporters in Akure, the Ondo state capital, the spokesman of the group, Omowumi Adebayo said the restructuring planned to carry out by Atiku was deceitful.
Adebayo said the people of the South-West would not be part of such ‘arrangee’ restructuring.
He said Afenifere was not speaking for the interest of the South-West people, but only fighting for their pockets.
His words “We in Yorubaland have always been in the progressives’ camp since the days of Awolowo. These people are deceiving us that they are progressives but they are not.
The coordinator of the group, Joseph Ayodele said those behind the restructuring compromised the June 12 election, won by late Chief MKO Abiola.
He said if Atiku could work with Obasanjo for eight years and described as being corrupt by the former President, Afenifere ought to distance themselves from such an individual.
Ayodele pointed out that ” If the PDP ruled for 16 years and Atiku was the vice president for eight years out of the 16 years and could not restructured the country then, he asked what type of restructuring does he (Atiku) want to give the country now
The group urged the people in the South-West to vote for Buhari, alleging that Atiku would draw Nigeria backward with his flair for corruption.
