By Gboyega Akinsanmi
The apex Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, turns 70 today amid the spate of banditry, kidnapping and insecurity nationwide, which it said compelled it to reschedule its plan for the anniversary.
Consequently, it directed Muslim members and well-wishers to observe worships on Friday, in mosques, while the Christian counterparts were enjoined to attend service at designated churches determined by state chapters on Sunday.
The group, in a statement by its Deputy Leader, Oba Oladipo Olaitan, yesterday, said while its 70th anniversary called for a grand celebration as already scheduled, the nation’s mood, in view of the worsening and pervasive insecurity, had marred its plans to commemorate the birth of progressivism in the South-west.
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By Gboyega Akinsanmi
Afenifere, the apex socio-cultural organisation for Yoruba people worldwide, will turn 70 Wednesday amid the spate of banditry, kidnapping and insecurity nationwide, a grave condition, it said, that compelled it to reschedule its programmes for the anniversary.
Consequently, Afenifere directed Muslim members and well wishers across the federation to observe worships on Friday, April 30 in mosques, while the Christian counterparts were enjoined to attend service at designated churches determined by state chapters on Sunday, May 2.
It revealed this plan in a statement its Deputy Leader, Oba Oladipo Olaitan, co-signed with the Chairman of Afenifere Organising Committee, Chief Supo Shonibare; Chief Korede Duyile; Dr. Femi Balogun; Chief Kole Omololu; Hon. Lekan Alabi and Mr. Tijani Babatunde Tuesday.
The Pan-Yoruba Socio-Cultural Organisation, Afenifere, has decried rising insecurity in the country, even as it turned 70 years today.
The body said the insecurity in the land has forced it to reschedule its programmes for the anniversary.
The body directed Muslim members and well wishers across the federation to observe worships on Friday, April 30 in mosques while the Christian counterparts were enjoined to attend service at designated churches determined by state chapters on Sunday, May 2.
It revealed this plan in a statement its Deputy Leader, Oba Oladipo Olaitan co-signed with Chairman of Afenifere Organising Committee, Chief Supo Shonibare; Chief Korede Duyile; Dr. Femi Balogun; Chief Kole Omololu; Hon. Lekan Alabi and Mr. Tijani Babatunde yesterday.