The Afenifere National Youth Council has vowed to support the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, to become the President in the February 25 election. THE PUNCH reports.Information Guide Nigeria
Eniola Ojajuni, the National President of the council, yesterday in Lagos.
Ojajuni made known that Obi had support of the group because of his records while he was governor of Anambra State.
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He said one of the top-notch plans was the restructuring of Nigeria, believing that the poll will be free and fair.
“We are here to endorse the candidate of the LP, Obi officially as the sole candidate for the Southwest youth wing. It took us almost three months to reach the conclusions amongst 147 youth groups in Yoruba land, and today, we officially announced Obi and his running mate, Ahmed Datti, as our sole candidate for the presidential election on Saturday.NYSC portal
“Before we endorsed him, Obi assured us that the first thing he would do is to restructure the country.”
“We believe that the election will hold, and it will be free and fair and the youths in the SW are ready to vote obi. Our target is to give him five million votes.”JAMB Result
“The reason we endorsed Obi is because the Yoruba has had his shot in the presidency through former President Olusegun Obasanjo, likewise former President Goodluck Jonathan who is from the South-South. Our current president Muhammadu Buhari is from the North. It’s the turn of the Southeast to produce the presidency, for equity and justice,” he said.
