The Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has vowed to mobilise and join forces with Nigerians against the practices of unitarianism in the nation’s politics.
The group made this vow in a communique issued by its Deputy Leader and National Publicity Secretary, Oba Oladipo Olaitan and Justice Faloye respectively.
It issued the communique after its monthly meeting held at Isanya Ogbo Ogun State, the residence of its Leader, Pa Ayo Adebanjo.
Afenifere argued that the introduction of a bill to establish a National Independent Local Government Electoral Commission, NILGEC, for the conduct of Local Government elections is a monumental multiplication of INEC’s inefficiencies at 774 degrees.
It lamented all forms of political rascality aimed at stifling democracy by the two tiers of the Nigerian government structure, condemning political gerrymandering pushing Nigeria into a unitary state.
“The idea of a federal agency to conduct local government elections is a veritable weapon in furtherance of the undisguised policy of complete capture and absolute unitarianism of the Nigerian Federation by the Central Government, a policy that has attained its crescendo under the present administration.
“The Federal Government and its INEC have proven not better at conducting the limited elections with which they are saddled by the Constitution,” it said.
