What Obasanjo did after deceiving us into voting him for second term – Afenifere

Leader of the apex Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Reuben Fasoranti, has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo as a trickster.
Fasoranti disclosed that Obasanjo took advantage of the group in 2003 presidential election and “left us in the lurch.”

He disclosed that Obasanjo persuaded the six Yoruba states controlled by the Alliance for Democracy (AD), which was then a strong affiliate of Afenifere to support his second term bid, apart from the then Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu, who objected to the plan.
Speaking yesterday in Akure, Ondo State, Fasoranti, lamented that the former president abandoned the group after the election.
According to Fasoranti, “He tricked us into losing the election at that time and that is the grouse we have against him. At that time, he advised to boycott the election, which we hesitatingly agreed to do. At the end of the day, he landed us on the rock.
“He dissociated himself from what we are doing, so there is no love lost between Afenifere and Obasanjo.”

He expressed doubt on a possible reconciliation between the members of the group and the former president.
“He has his own ways of doing things, he doesn’t compromise even among his own people, he is not 100 per cent accepted because of his utterances in recent times. So, people are watching, I don’t think he has a following.
“You know his own stance, he is very uncompromising, even up till now, and it is very difficult making an approach or coming into an agreement with him,” he said.
The Afenifere Chieftain also expressed dismay at the state of the nation.

He insisted that the All Progressives Congress (APC) government led by President Muhammadu Buhari was not delivering on his election promises.