• ‘Nigeria’s future bleak without restructuring’
By Dayo Johnson, Akure
94-year-old national leader of the Yoruba group, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, was installed in November 2008 in Ijebu Igbo, Ogun State after the death of Pa Abraham Adesanya.
In this interview, the nonagenarian speaks on the general elections, militarization of the polls, vote-buying, President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election, inconclusive elections, restructuring and the factionalisation of Afenifere among other issues.
Excerpts:
The country has just gone through general elections. What is your assessment?
If what we saw here in Ondo State is anything to go by, there was no election. This was an election where people had to buy votes openly, it is a sham. The reports we got from across the country were the same.
lf that is the case, what is the way out?
Nigerians should be allowed to choose their leaders. All those influencing the electorate to vote contrary to their conscience should…
