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Thursday, October 7th, 2004 HOME | Previous Page Odunmbaku lauds Fasanmi’s  appointment as Afenifere deputy leader By Lekan Sanni Correspondent, Lagos   A chieftain of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) in Lagos State, Rev James Odunmbaku on Wednesday said the appointment of Chief Ayo Fasanmi as the deputy leader of Afenifere would elevate the status of the organisation. He also lauded the decision of the members to separate the group from the party. In his reaction to Tuesday’s meeting in Lagos where Fasanmi emerged as successor to the late Chief Bola Ige, Odumbaku said that with the decision to separate Afenifere from the AD, the party would become stronger and have a national outlook. Odunmbaku, who is the chairman of Bola Ahmed Tinubu Campaign Organisation, (BATICO) said that the emergence of Fasanmi is a triumph of democracy over dictatorship. According to him, both the AD and Afenifere would be the better for it. He said: “The choice of Fasanmi would elevate the status of Afenifere. It is also good that a motion for the separation of the group from AD was adopted at the congress. It would earn AD the much desired national outlook”. The AD chieftain noted that by the Afenifere gesture, the southwest has once again demonstrated its respect for the democratic process. He added that the organisation stands to benefit immensely from Fasanmi’s wealth of experience, adding that the new deputy leader has all it takes to ensure that Afenifere continues to be relevant in the scheme of things in the country. Odumbaku said a new lease of life has been injected into Afenifere, adding that with the steps taken on Tuesday, activities of agents of destabilization in the fold who have been exploiting the vacuum created by the death of Ige and the illness of Pa Abraham Adesanya would come to an end. Copyright� 2004. All Rights Reserved. Independent Newspapers Limited Block5, Plot 7D, Wempco Road, Ogba, P.M.B. 21777, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria. www.independentng.com e-mail: [email protected] Designed By Powered By DNet.

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