{"id":11660,"date":"2016-09-28T08:21:06","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T08:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=11660"},"modified":"2016-09-28T08:21:06","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T08:21:06","slug":"apc-power-struggle-afenifere-backs-tinubu-says-north-wants-to-divide-yorubas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=11660","title":{"rendered":"APC power struggle: Afenifere backs Tinubu says North wants to divide Yorubas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Elder statesman and Afenifere chieftain, Chief Ayo Adebanjo on Tuesday said the gang up against Asiwaju\u00a0 Bola\u00a0 Tinubu by some forces in the ruling\u00a0 All Progressives Congress (APC) is a ploy to divide and cause confusion among the Yoruba so that the Northerners can take over the control of the party.<\/p>\n<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=10811&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Speaking in a chat with Independent, Adebanjo also said though Tinubu may have his fault as an individual, he has been treated unjustly by his party.<\/p>\n<p>Adebanjo and Tinubu were both in Afenifere and the then Alliance\u00a0 for Democracy (AD) before Tinubu pulled out from AD to from Action Congress (AC) which later became Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) which then merged with other political parties to form\u00a0 APC.<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu also left Afenifere and sponsored the formation of Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) currently led by\u00a0 Honourable Wale Oshun, one of his (Tinubu) loyalists.<\/p>\n<p>Adebanjo who said he warned Tinubu about going into alliance with Northerners but was rebuffed however said he will not mock Tinubu over his present predicament in the APC.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201c People are expecting me to mock Tinubu and say God has dealt with him over the manner he treated me and other Yoruba leaders but I won\u2019t do that because what is after six is more than seven\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAttack on Tinubu is not directly at him but attack on Yorubaland.\u00a0 I am not shortsighted. They want to break us up and cause division so that they can take over. He (Tinubu) has made his mistake and I hope he has learnt from it\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen he went into the alliance, I warned him that they are conglomeration of incompatibles but they chose to ignore. But I strongly believe that the gang up against him is a ploy to divide the\u00a0 Yorubaland\u00a0 so that these Northerners can take over. I can see that and nobody can convince me about that\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTinubu may have his fault but he has not been treated well by his party\u201d he said. 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