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- Afenifere also addressed the issue of insecurity in the country, urging President Bola Tinubu to take decisive action against the rising insecurity in the nation.
The Pan-Yoruba socio-political organization Afenifere has appointed renowned lawyer and human rights activist, Mr. Dele Farotimi, as its new National Organizing Secretary.
Eko Hot Blog gathered that the decision was announced in a communiqué released after the group’s meeting in Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State, chaired by Afenifere’s Deputy Leader, Oba Oladipo Olaitan.
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Afenifere also addressed the issue of insecurity in the country, urging President Bola Tinubu to take decisive action against the rising insecurity in the nation.
The organization emphasized the need to license state security networks, such as Amotekun in Yoruba-speaking states, to ensure the safety of citizens and their properties.
In the same communiqué Afenifere called for the immediate release of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), expressing concerns over his prolonged detention without trial.
“The General Meeting considered and approved the appointment of Barrister Dele Farotimi as the National Organising Secretary of the Afenifere,” the communiqué reads in part.
On the fate of the embattled IPOB leader, “Afenifere notes that from all circumstances, particularly since his abduction in 2021 and rendition to Nigeria and since then subjected to controversial and conflicting legal proceedings in different courts by which his fair trial may no longer be guaranteed in the opinion of reasonable members of the public.
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“It is clear that Nnamdi Kanu is indubitably a political detainee. In the interest of justice and national reconciliation, Afenifere urged President Tinubu to release Nnamdi Kanu forthwith. There is no justifiable reason to continue to keep him in detention without trial.
