By Babalola Seyi
The Afenifere National Youth Council has pledged to back Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi in the February 25 election.
Eniola Ojajuni, the council’s National President, stated this on Sunday in Lagos.
Ojajuni said that Obi has the group’s backing due of his records as governor of Anambra State.
He stated that restructuring Nigeria was one of his top priorities, and that he believes the election 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.
“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.”
He implored Yoruba residents across the country to elect Obi, noting it is time for the South-East to become the president.
“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.
