Chief Ayo Adebanjo, leader of Afenifere, a socio-cultural organization for the Yoruba people, has rallied Nigerian youths to protest President Muhammadu Buhari’s government’s handling of Nigeria’s deteriorating insecurity and the ailing economy.
Adebanjo said:
Why should people like me be in the trenches at 93 and Baba Fasoranti at 95? Where are those in their 40s and 30s?
When we were at their (Nigerian youths) age, we were on the street, at Lagos, London, everywhere and when we were in the university. What we have today is jobbery where you can get somebody in the government to get you a job.
The Afenifere leader urged the youths not to relent but to put the feet of Buhari to the fire until he resolved the nation’s crises.
Chief Adebanjo, who spoke at the 95th birthday celebration of Reuben Fasoranti, a chieftain of the group, said it was shameful that the youth want the older generation to be at the forefront of fighting misgovernance in the country.
According to him, Buhari ought to have resigned long ago if he “respects himself.”
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In a rallying tone, Adebanjo stated:
Where is the demonstration (of youths) in the country that the Buhari government must go?
While recalling Afenifere’s agitation for self-governance years ago, the nonagenarian explained:
The younger generation has failed the country. The country was not as bad as this when we were demonstrating for self-governance then. They (youths) want the old men to fight their cause for them.
He also expressed concerns that Nigerian youths did not appear committed to a political idealogy. This, he said, was not a path of honour.
Adebanjo pointed out:
You are PDP in the morning, APC in the afternoon, and SDP in the evening, and they say they are young. The youth should be ashamed of themselves.
Recall that soldiers opened fire on protesting Nigerian youths who gathered at Lekki tollgate, Lagos, on October 20, 2020, after they took to streets across several states of the country to demonstrated against police brutality and bad leadership.
