Ayo Adebanjo

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says any zone interested in clinching its 2023 presidential ticket must lobby other zones and not resort to blackmail.Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena stated this while reacting to…

President Muhammadu Buhari has been dragged before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja over alleged marginalisation of the Southern region of the country.The suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/595/2020 was instituted by 16 elder statesmen and…

Afenifere leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo says the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the comatose nature of the state of infrastructure in Nigeria.He stated this in an interview published by Saturday Sun while reacting to the impact of the…

Southern and Middle Belt Forum (SMBF) leaders have expressed grave concern about the alleged invasion of their regions by Almajirai from the North.The leaders made their stance known in a Sunday statement signed by Chief Edwin Clark…

A leader of Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has accused top Yoruba politicians in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of maintaining a conspiracy of silence while the South West geopolitical zone is allegedly being ravaged by militant…

Afenifere leader, Pa Ayo Adebanjo has reacted to former President Olusegun Obasanjo's claim of a plot by militant herdsmen and Boko Haram to "Fulanise West Africa" and "Islamise Africa".He noted that while Obasanjo's outcry was valid,…

Afenifere leader, Pa Ayo Adebanjo has rejected purported moves to make a Yoruba man president in 2023, noting that an Igbo man should emerge president for the sake of peace, unity and equity.The 91-year-old said it was dishonest of…

Leader of Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo has reiterated his position that he would not recognise President Muhammadu Buhari as president-elect, even if he was arrested for his stance.He said he would only recognise the president's…

A prominent chieftain of pan-Yoruba group Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has faulted the claim that a faction of the group endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari for the February 16 presidential election.He said that the real Afenifere…

Chief Ayo Adebanjo, a leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has explained why the group has demanded the removal of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu.According…

Afenifere chieftain, Chief Ayo Adebanjo has said that Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate in the governorship election in Osun, Sen. Iyiola Omisore has committed political suicide by forming an alliance with the All Progressives…

The 90-year-old chieftain of pan-Yoruba sociocultural group Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has called on Nigerians to ensure the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration is voted out in 2019.Adebanjo made this known at the 80th…

A leading Afenifere chieftain, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has mocked National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu over his alleged plot to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari.Recall that Senate President, Dr Bukola…

If there were ever a man that were worthy of celebration in the context of Nigerian history, power and politics that man is Baba Ayo Adebanjo. I must confess that I find it difficult to write about him simply because I’ve mentioned him so…

A chieftain of the pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has asked the Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, to continue to display good governance, even as he said the governor had during his tenure upheld the cardinal…

Chief Ayo Adebanjo, a staunch support of immediate-past President Goodluck Jonathan, has flayed President Muhammadu Buhari’s war on corruption and condemned the way prominent members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were…