Afenifere

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Afenifere endorses LP candidate, declares Lagos Yoruba land (The Punch)

The pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, on Wednesday endorsed the candidacy of Lagos State Labour Party governorship candidate, ...

We enjoin Lagosians to ignore the false, virulent, desperate attacks on the person of Mr Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour and the false narrative of Igbo taking over Lagos. He said, “We implore Lagos residents to ignore provocative posts on social media, many enabled by agent provocateurs, and aimed at fanning the embers of disunity among peace-loving residents and intended to pitch the Yorubas against Igbos. “All candidates of the Labour Party for the Lagos State House of Assembly constituencies are noted to be natural workmates of the Gbadebo governorship.

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Afenifere rejects Tinubu's victory, insists Obi won (Vanguard)

"The results of the lawful votes at the election available to the Afenifere through credible sources confirm that Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of ...

“That in accordance with the hallowed Yoruba culture of civilised conduct, Afenifere assures all persons resident in Yorubaland, indigenes and non-indegenes, of protection in the conduct of their lawful duties and particularly the free exercise of the rights to vote for candidates of their choice in all elections and thus warn all threats mongers and merchants of violence to desist therefrom.” Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour is a person of Yoruba origin, whose great-grandparents are not only Yoruba, but definitely one of the notable founding families of Lagos. Afenifere, therefore, called “on INEC to ensure free and credible gubernatorial and state houses of assembly elections in accordance with the constitution, the extant Electoral Act and its mandatory Guidelines earlier mentioned.

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Obi won February 25 presidential election, says Afenifere (TheCable)

Afenifere, the Yoruba socio-political group, says Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), won the presidential election conducted on ...

“We unequivocally endorse and urge the people of Lagos to vote for him. (ii) Use BVAS to upload a scan of ES8A to INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV), as prescribed by the commission. “That pursuant to the said power enabling it in that behalf the Commission issued the INEC Regulations and Guidelines for the Conduct of Elections, 2022 and in Clause 38 thereof provides that “upon completion of all the Polling Unit voting and results, procedures, the Presiding Officer shall:-(i) Electronically transmit or transfer the result of the Polling Unit, direct to the collation system as prescribed by the commission.

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Lagos guber: Afenifere backs LP's Rhodes-Vivour (Vanguard)

The Pan-Yoruba Socio-cultural Group, Afenifere and the Committee of Indigenes of Lagos State on Wednesday declared support for the Labour Party (LP) ...

“In spite of the age-long lukewarmness or apathy regarding previous national elections, the reawakening observed on Feb. Also speaking, Mr Olawale Rhodes-Vivour, the father of the LP candidate enjoin Lagos residents “to ignore the false, virulent, desperate attacks on the person of Mr Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour and the false narrative of Igbo taking over Lagos.” Speaking on behalf of the groups, Chief Supo Shonibare, the Afenifere Leader in Lagos State, expressed the groups’ gratitude to the people of Lagos for the victory accorded the presidential candidate of the party, Mr Peter Obi, on Feb.

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Obi won presidential poll, not Tinubu – Afenifere (Daily Post Nigeria)

The pan-Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere on Wednesday disclosed that the candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi was the winner of the.

“That the General Meeting hereby denounces in strong terms and dissociates Afenifere from any congratulatory message in the name of the organization or howsoever to any candidate as illegally declared by the INEC.” “That the results of the lawful votes at the election available to the Afenifere through credible sources confirm that His Excellency Peter Gregory Obi, the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, won the said election, and we thus support his decision to challenge the contrary declaration by the INEC. The group emphasized that the Presidential and National Assembly elections fell short of the requirements of the Election Act 2022, as amended.

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'It's not a contest between Igbo and Yoruba' — Afenifere backs LP's ... (TheCable)

Supo Shonibare, leader of Afenifere in Lagos, says Igbos taking over the state is a false narrative, adding that Lagos in a Yoruba nation not a no mans ...

“Lagos is not a no man’s land, it is a Yoruba territory. “The narrative of Lagos being taken over by Igbos is a false narrative. “The issue that we are confronting is not a contest between Igbos and Yorubas.

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Lagos guber: LP's Gbadebo is Yoruba, not Igbo – Afenifere (Daily Post Nigeria)

The pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has waded into the controversies surrounding the indigeneship of the Labour Party governorship candidate.

“With particular reference to Lagos State, Afenifere confirms that the governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Since the Labour Party won the presidential election in Lagos State, the party’s governorship candidate has been facing issues over his source of origin as many described him an Igbo man from the South East. The pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has waded into the controversies surrounding the indigeneship of the Labour Party governorship candidate in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour.

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Presidential, National Assembly elections failed to comply with ... (NIGERIAN TRIBUNE)

By: Hakeem Gbadamosi, Akure The Pan Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere has said the just concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections in.

While urging people of the southwest region to troop out and participate in the next Saturday governorship and House of Assembly election, said “with particular reference to Lagos State, Afenifere confirmed that the Governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Afenifere maintained that INEC failed to comply with Electoral act and the guidelines regarding the electronic transmission of votes and said “That pursuant to the said power enabling it in that behalf the Commission issued the INEC Regulations and Guidelines for the Conduct of Elections, 2022 and in Clause 38 thereof provides that “upon completion of all the Polling Unit voting and results, procedures, the Presiding Officer shall, The group’s communique read:”That Afenifere recalled the sustained struggles of the Nigerian people culminating in the amendment of the Electoral Act 2010 and the enactment of the Electoral Act 2022 by the National Assembly.

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INEC illegally declared Tinubu as President-elect, Obi won ... (Guardian)

Twelve days after the 2023 presidential election that produced the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, as the winner, ...

“That Section 60(5) of the Electoral Act of 2022 provides that the Presiding Officer shall transfer the results, including the total number of accredited voters and the results of the ballot, in a manner prescribed by the Commission. “That the extant legal framework mandatorily regulating the conduct of the presidential and general assembly elections held on February 25, 2023, is thus the 1999 Constitution (as amended), the Electoral Act, 2022, and the Election Regulations and Guidelines for the Conduct of Elections, 2022, issued by the INEC in the exercise of powers given to the Commission by the Constitution and the Electoral Act. In a communiqué issued by the group at the end of its special general meeting, held at the Isanya-Ogbo country home of the leader of the group, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, it maintained that the declaration of the result was an affront to the constitution and a breach of the Electoral Act.

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Obi won presidential election –Afenifere insists (New Telegraph Newspaper)

Pan-Yoruba sociopolitical group, Afenifere, has rejected the results of the February 25 presidential election won by the candidate of the All Progressives ...

Pan-Yoruba sociopolitical group, Afenifere, has rejected the results of the February 25 presidential election won by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, insisting that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) did not comply substantially with the provisions of the Elec-toral Act 2022 in conducting the polls. “We call on Nigerians to troop out en masse and participate fully in the gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections slated for March 11.” The group said: “The results of the lawful votes at the election available to the Afenifere through credible sources confirm that Peter Obi won the said election and we, thus, support his decision challenging the contrary declaration by the INEC.

Afenifere knocks INEC, says commission disobeys electoral guidelines (The Punch)

The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has condemned the outcome of the February 25, 2023 Presidential Election, won by the candidate of ...

“In going about this, avoid the mistake of some of your forbears. The letter read in part, “You now have the opportunity. This was contained in a communique issued after the general meeting of the group.

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Lagos 2023: Afenifere backs LP's Rhodes-Vivour - (The Eagle Online)

The groups officially declared support for the Labour Party governorship candidate at a news conference in Ikeja.

Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour and the false narrative of Igbo taking over Lagos”. Shonibare urged the security agencies to live up to their responsibility of securing all parts of Lagos State and address threat to life and the suppression of voters. According to Shonibare, the LP candidate will restore the cherished values of Lagos encapsulated in the Omoluabi ethic of fellow-feeling, dignity and nobility of spirit.

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Afenifere rejects Tinubu, says Obi won (Daily Trust)

The pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has rejected the emergence of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of the.

This was contained in a communique issued yesterday after its special general meeting at Isanya-Ogbo in Ijebu-Ode LGA of Ogun State on Tuesday. Part of the communique reads: “The result of the lawful votes at the election available to the Afenifere through credible sources confirm that Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, won the said election, and we, thus, support his decision challenging the contrary declaration by the INEC. “The general meeting hereby denounces in strong terms and dissociates Afenifere from any congratulatory message in the name of the organisation or howsoever to any candidate as illegally declared by the INEC.

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Lagos Guber: Afenifere shuns Sanwo-Olu, backs LP's Gbadebo (NIGERIAN TRIBUNE)

The Pan-Yoruba Socio-cultural Group, Afenifere and the Committee of Indigenes of Lagos State on Wednesday declared support for the.

Shonibare urged the security agencies to live up to their responsibility of securing all parts of Lagos State and address the threat to life and the suppression of voters. “In spite of the age-long lukewarmness or apathy regarding previous national elections, the reawakening observed on February 25 is heartwarming and a vindication of the principled position of Afenifere regarding the requirement for equity, inclusiveness, fairness and justice.” “Afenifere hereby enjoins all men and women of goodwill to turn out en masse on Saturday to vote for Architect Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour – a scion of the illustrious Rhodes-Vivour family of Lagos, whose family ancestry and pivotal contribution to the affairs of Lagos dates back to five generations.

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Presidential Poll: Afenifere rejects Tinubu, says Obi won by lawful ... (Daily Trust)

The pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has rejected the emergence of Bola Tinubu of the APC as the president-elect.

Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour is a person of Yoruba origin, whose great-grandparents are not only Yoruba, but definitely one of the notable founding families of Lagos. “Garnering substantial votes from five out of the country’s six geo-political zones demonstrates that the mandate given to Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu and his Running Mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, is one meant to re-invent Nigeria as a truly federal yet united country. However, the Acting National leader and the Secretary denounced “in strong terms and dissociate Afenifere from any congratulatory message in the name of the organisation or howsoever to any candidate as illegally declared by the INEC.”

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INEC disobeys electoral guidelines – Afenifere (Vanguard)

Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has knocked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the conduct and outcome of the ...

“In going about this, avoid the mistake of some of your forbears. The letter read in part, “You now have the opportunity. Be fair to all concerned.

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Peter Obi Won Presidential Election - Afenifere Insists ... (TheNigeriaLawyer)

The pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has insisted that the presidential election held on February 25 was won by the candidate of the Labour ...

“That with particular reference to Lagos State, Afenifere confirms that the governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. According to the group, “the results of the lawful votes at the election available to the Afenifere through credible sources confirm that His Excellency Peter Gregory Obi, the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party won the said election and we thus support his decision challenging the contrary Declaration by the INEC. The group, therefore backed the decision of Obi to challenge the results of the election in court.

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APC kicks as Afenifere endorses Rhodes-Vivour, LP for Lagos ... (Vanguard)

Says endorsement dead on arrival. By Olasunkanmi Akoni. Lagos chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has described the purported endorsement of ...

“Our political history is replete with many victims who lost elections as a result of the backing of these people who lack electoral value. Thankfully, Lagosians who are the ultimate deciders know better. “We would ordinarily have ignored this non-event but it will be a disservice to the general public if the records are not set straight.

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'Laughable charade' — Lagos APC condemns Afenifere's ... (TheCable)

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos has described the endorsement of Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the governorship candidate of Labour Party(LP) by ...

However, in a statement on Thursday, Seye Oladejo, the spokesperson of the APC in the state, said the endorsement of the LP candidate by the group is irrelevant and borne out of bitterness for the incumbent. “The so-called endorsement by a group of attention-seeking and a politically irrelevant group of people is ominous as they have consistently backed the wrong horse out of malice, envy, bitterness and political frustration. The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos has described the endorsement of Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, governorship candidate of the Labour Party(LP), by Afenifere, as a “laughable charade”.

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Afenifere endorsement of Lagos LP governorship candidate ... (NIGERIAN TRIBUNE)

The All Progressives Congress in Lagos state has described the endorsement of the governorship candidate of the Labour Party by the.

Seye Oladejo, said the factional group has consistently backed the wrong horse out of malice, envy, bitterness, and political frustration. Thankfully, Lagosians, who are the ultimate deciders, know better. The so-called endorsement by attention-seeking and politically irrelevant people is ominous as they have consistently backed the wrong horse out of malice, envy, bitterness, and political frustration.

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Lagos APC reacts to Afenifere's endorsement of LP's Rhodes-Vivour ... (P.M. News)

Lagos APC reacts to endorsement of Labour party candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour for the March 18 governorship by Afenifere.

But in reaction, the secretary of APC in Lagos, Mr Seye Oladejo in a statement on Thursday, said that the group’s endorsement of Rhodes-Vivour was allegedly borne out of envy and bitterness. Afenifere and a group which called itself the Committee of Indigenes of Lagos State had on Wednesday, declared support for Rhodes-Vivour in the governorship election billed for March 18. The Lagos chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC has reacted to the public endorsement of the Labour Party candidate, Mr Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour for the March 18 governorship election in state by the Yoruba Socio-cultural Group Afenifere as dead on arrival.

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Lagos APC dismisses Afenifere's endorsement of Labour Party ... (Ripples Nigeria)

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State on Thursday described the public endorsement of the Labour Party governorship candidate in the state, |

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Afenifere's endorsement of LP's Rhodes-Vivour, irrelevant — Lagos ... (Vanguard)

The APC in Lagos State has described the public endorsement of the Labour Party Governorship Candidate, Mr Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour by the Yoruba ...

Recalls that the Pan-Yoruba Socio-cultural group, Afenifere and the Committee of Indigenes of Lagos State on Wednesday, declared support for Rhodes-Vivour in the forthcoming governorship election billed for March 18. The APC in Lagos State has described the public endorsement of the Labour Party Governorship Candidate, Mr Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour by the Yoruba Socio-cultural Group Afenifere in the state as irrelevant. “Our attention has been drawn to a laughable charade called the endorsement of the Labour Party’s Lagos state governorship candidate by the factional leader of Afenifere, Chief Supo Shonibare.

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Lagos APC slams Afenifere for backing Rhodes-Vivour instead of ... (Guardian)

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, yesterday, frowned on the endorsement of Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour ...

He said: “We would ordinarily have ignored this non-event but it will be a disservice to the public if the records are not set straight. As elders and purported stakeholders in Lagos State, it was difficult to acknowledge the landmark achievements of the incumbent governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, across the famed THEMES agenda.” The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, yesterday, frowned on the endorsement of Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, by the factional leader of Afenifere, Supo Shonibare.

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