Lagos — Last week, Afenifere leader, Chief Abraham Adesanya departed to the world beyond, leaving a leadership vacuum in the group. In this report, Ademola Adeyemo writes on the succession contest which accompanies Adesanya's death and the intrigues and controversies between two factions of the group
Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, was established in Owo, in the old Ondo State in 1951 by the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo and his political associates as a platform for the pursuit of the well being and radical socio-political transformation of the Yoruba nation in all its ramifications.
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