{"id":13211,"date":"2023-02-03T10:54:20","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T10:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/02\/03\/if-obi-loses-a-christian-southerner-may-never-be-president-again-ayo-adebanjo\/"},"modified":"2023-02-03T10:54:20","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T10:54:20","slug":"if-obi-loses-a-christian-southerner-may-never-be-president-again-ayo-adebanjo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/02\/03\/if-obi-loses-a-christian-southerner-may-never-be-president-again-ayo-adebanjo\/","title":{"rendered":"If Obi Loses, A Christian Southerner May Never Be President Again- Ayo Adebanjo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p>Ayo Adebanjo, leader of the Yoruba socio-cultural group Afenifere, says Nigeria\u2019s survi is linked to the victory of the Labor Party (LP) candidate Peter Obi in the presidential election. Adebanjo said Thursday in Abuja after a meeting of the Southern Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF), where Obi was endorsed. The Afenifere leader said the election of the LP candidate would show Nigeria\u2019s emphasis on ethnic and religious inclusion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe battle has begun. We are at war, and the enemy is not sleeping at all. \u201cThey underestimated us in the past, but now they see what we are capable of,\u201d said Adebanjo. \u201cThey make all sorts of devices to ensure that electricity stays in certain areas of the country, so they don\u2019t even support their own candidates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are fighting for your freedom.\u201d Don\u2019t make fun of your freedom. Don\u2019t be fooled. They don\u2019t organize elections. We fight to get out of slavery and bondage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven among the Igbo people, we all live in denial.\u201d \u201cImpunity is too great to want disgruntled people to leave the country.\u201d The Obi phenomenon is not just a Labor Party problem. LP has become like Nadeco.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t want to leave the office. Let\u2019s be frank here. It\u2019s no joke that they want to kill the election. Prepare for a by-election. \u201cGive everything you need.\u201d Bend and break. If Obi can\u2019t win, forget Nigeria. If we lose this election, no non-Christian, non-Northerner will have a chance to be president again. \u201cNow they intend to vote for his Atiku Abubakar, the People\u2019s Democratic Party\u2019s presidential candidate, and to reject the Labor Party candidate.\u201d \u201cThey want another northerner to succeed President Muhammad Buhari.\u201d You have to prepare. \u201cKeep in mind that Obi needs to be proclaimed president.\u201d Whatever gets in the way of it, Nigeria should be forgotten.<\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: Newz247 (via  Opera<br \/>News )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       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