Leader ofAfenifereWorldwide, Pa Reuben Famuyide Fasoranti, has expressed disappointment and sadness at the turn of events in the running of the organisation under Pa Ayo Adebanjo.

Pa Fasoranti said the organization was in a sorry state and required urgent restoration efforts to steer it away from the current trajectory.

He said there was a noticeable drift away from “our core values of consultation, brotherliness and camaraderie and traditional process of conducting the business of the organization, upon which our collegial system of leadership is based, has been severely threatened.”

Pa Fasoranti, who spoke in Akure at a meeting of Afenifere leaders, said the threat of disunity in the organization was further exacerbated by more recent events, culminating in a fracture of the traditional backbone of the organization.

“Since I appointed my brother, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, and Oba Oladipo Olaitan as acting leader and deputy leader respectively about three years ago, a lot has happened. Among these is the fact that many of us have added more years to our lives.

“This wasn’t my vision or expectation when I appointed the acting leader and deputy leader. And to say that I am sad and disappointed at the turn of events is an understatement. I am particularly disturbed because unless we take urgent remedial action, the future looks very bleak and the necessary resources to revamp our organization are being depleted by the day.

“I have called you here. Today, therefore, as leaders and responsible members of this organization, challenge. yourself to find a lasting solution to the current impasse. I implore you to engage frankly and honestly in the spirit of comradeship and mutual respect for which we are well known and upon which this organization is founded.

“With determination and commitment, I believe you are all able to find a solution that will propel Afenifere to greater heights,” he said.

The national publicity secretary of Afenifere, Comrade Jare Ajayi, in a statement, said the resolution reached at the meeting included the need to reinvigorate Afenifere to be stronger and be able to continue to fulfill its mandate of being the Vanguard for the Yoruba Race.

The statement said a Committee would be set up to achieve Reconciliation and Unity.

Itinsisted that Afenifere remained an Ideological Movement and not a Political Party.

He said: “Afenifere calls the Federal Government to make the National Population Commission use the same Biometric Method rather than the manual method that is prone to abuse as had happened several times in the past.”(The Nation)