2023 presidency: ‘Learn from Ndigbo’ – MURIC slams Afenifere for not supporting Tinubu

After two weeks of declaring to run for the 2023 Presidential election under the All Progressives Congress, The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), on Tuesday, tackled the Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, over its refusal to support Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in his presidential bid.

The group said that the Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohaneze Ndi-Igbo Unlike Afenifere’s cold attitude towards the only Yoruba man who has publicly shown interest in the presidency, pledged to support two Igbo men, Anyim Pius Anyim and Dave Umahi, who have expressed interest in the presidency with 10 billion naira.

According to the MURIC Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, who expressed shock over the decision of the pan Yoruba socio-cultural group, in a statement said Tinubu deserves Afenifere’s support in view of his active role in the struggle for the restoration of democracy in Nigeria.

Ishaq Akintola said the leader of Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has shown signs of refusal to support Tinubu, as the group kept mute, two weeks after Tinubu declared intention to contest for president.

The group said it believed that Tinubu deserves to reap from the gains of democracy, having sacrificed so much for its realization.