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Afenifere said electioneering should be devoid of violence, thuggery and character assassination.
The group gave this advice in a communique issued at the end of its caucus meeting held in the house of its leader, Reuben Fasoranti, in Akure, Ondo State, on Tuesday.
The organisation, in its communique signed by the National Publicity Secretary, Jare Ajayi in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Wednesday, again expressed serious concern over the security situation in the country.
Afenifere also urged the federal and state governments to further strengthen military and other security agencies with more equipment, morale boosting and enhancement of kinetic and non-kinetic security measures, among others.
It also called on governors of the six states in the South-West to take more decisive actions on insecurity that seems to be ravaging the land at the moment.
The organisation further charged the South-West Governors to strengthen Amotekun, and pay more attention to surveillance and expediting actions on the setting up of state police.
“These can be done in collaboration with governments of neighbouring states, especially Kwara, Kogi, Edo and Delta which also have sizeable Yoruba populations.”
The body commended the commitment of President Bola Tinubu to re-engineer Nigeria so that everyone would be proud of.
Afenifere further commended the gallantry of Nigerian soldiers and commiserated with the federal government, the military and families of gallant soldiers who lost their lives or got wounded in the process of defending the nation
It said, “The meeting deliberated on various issues affecting Yorubaland and Nigeria as a whole.”
Among the issues that were deliberated upon at the meeting were security, economy and socio-political.
The meeting reviewed what is going on on the political terrain as we approach the 2027 general elections.
Afenifere then called on politicians and political players to go about their electioneering processes in a peaceful manner. Electioneering should be devoid of violence, thuggery and character assassination.
“The meeting, for the umpteenth time, expressed concern over the security situation in the country. Serious concern was expressed about the increasing terror acts in Yorubaland.
“It called on governors of the six states in the South West to take more decisive actions on insecurity that seems to be ravaging the land now. Part of the actions can be strengthening Amotekun, paying more attention to surveillance and expediting actions on the setting up of state police. These can be done in collaboration with governments of neighbouring states, especially Kwara, Kogi, Edo and Delta which also have sizeable Yoruba populations.
“The meeting took note of the steps by the Federal Government under President Bola Tinubu on the security situation, including the meeting he held with security chiefs just on Monday. In the same vein, the meeting took note of the efforts of the military and other security agencies on security issues in the land. The military and other security agencies should be further strengthened with more equipment, morale boosting, enhancement of kinetic and non-kinetic security measures, etc.
“Government and security agencies, including the military, should look inward as insecurity continues to fester because there are internal collaborators. Such a searchlight should be beamed on local communities, as there are collaborators among them as well.”
He added, “By this, we mean unscrupulous people who are collaborating with kidnappers, bandits and terrorists. Confessions by some of the suspects that have been made public attested to this line of thinking. Afenifere seized the opportunity to also commiserate with the people who have been victims of terrorism in Yorubaland and in other parts of Nigeria.
“The organisation is highly disturbed by this and called on all concerned not to waste any more time in doing all that is humanly possible to put an end to what now appears to be a genocidal agenda. The body reiterates its call on South West governors to put into practical action the resolutions they made at several security meetings they have held in recent times.
“There is a need for them to carry the governors of Kwara and Kogi States along for the sake of Yorubas and other residents in these states and also because of the stretches of forests linking the said states, which bandits often use to carry out their dastardly acts.
“Restructuring has been a sing-song of Afenifere for a long time. The time has come to do something decisive on this. The body took note of the commitment of President Bola Tinubu to re-engineer Nigeria that everyone would be proud of. Afenifere is very much on the same page with Mr President on this. We believe that restructuring will greatly assist and hasten the realisation of this noble objective, hence our consistent advocacy for it.”
It also announced the Centenary birthday celebration of its leader, Fasoranti, which comes up on Monday, May 11, 2026.
The organisation also used the meeting to invite all Governors in Yorubaland and eminent individuals to join in the celebration of the 100-year birthday.
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