Afenifere succession: Leadership not received via campaigns – Olaitan

A factional chief of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Oba Oladipo Olaitan, Monday, mentioned management succession within the organisation is just not a contest to be received via campaigns or private ambition.

He mentioned established traditions and institutional procedures should decide who succeeds its late chief, Pa Reuben Fasoranti.

Olaitan, a former political adviser to the late Lagos state governor, Chief Lateef Jakande, made the declaration throughout a condolence go to to the household of Fasoranti in Akure, the Ondo state capital.

His remarks come amid considerations over management succession and inner divisions inside the influential Yoruba socio-political organisation following the loss of life of the revered elder statesman, who died on the age of 100.

Emphasising what he described as ‘Afenifere’s longstanding custom of management succession’, Olaitan mentioned the emergence of a brand new chief ought to comply with a longtime course of fairly than be pushed by private ambition, lobbying or campaigns for positions.

“You don’t vie for it. You don’t campaign for it. It’s an apostolic selection. If you are the deputy, naturally, if the leader goes, you go,” he mentioned.

The Afenifere chieftain, who claimed practically 47 years of membership of the organisation, expressed confidence that its institutional heritage, historic expertise and established traditions would allow it to beat any management challenges confronting it.

He cautioned towards makes an attempt to disrupt the organisation’s established order, sustaining that disagreements, the place they come up, must be resolved via recognised procedures fairly than actions able to deepening divisions.

“If anybody wants to topple the apple cart, I think the thoroughness that Afenifere is known for will get us through it,” he mentioned.