Afenifere, kungiyar al’ummar Yoruba ta socio-cultural da socio-political, ta yi maraba da Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, a ranar Juma’a, saboda ya kai shekaru 50. Wannan maraba ta faru ne lokacin da wakilai daga kungiyar Afenifere, karkashin jagorancin Femi Okunrounmu, suka ziyarci fadar Ooni a Ile-Ife.
Shugaban kasa na Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, a cikin sanarwa da Sakataren Yada Labarai na kasa, Jare Ajayi, ya bayyana Ooni a matsayin “alamar jiki da gani na ubangiji na Yoruba”. Fasoranti, wanda ya kai shekaru 90, ya bayyana asalin Yoruba da kuma asalin Afenifere, wacce ta fara a shekarar 1951.
Fasoranti ya ce, “A matsayin ubangiji na al’ummar mu, kuna sanin cewa gidan Oduduwa shi ne tsakiyar burbushin da amincin al’ummar Yoruba. Wannan shi ne yasa shugabannin al’ummar Yoruba suka zo Ile-Ife don karbar albarka da tabbatarwa lokacin da suke yanke shawarar kawar da mulkin Birtaniya daga Æ™asar mu”.
Afenifere ta yabawa gwamnatin tarayya saboda kokarin da take yi na kammala gyaran hanyar Lagos-Ibadan, amma ta kuma kira gwamnatin tarayya da ta ba da kulawa ta’urukushe ga wasu manyan tituna a yankin South-West. Titunan sun hada da Ife-Akure, Akure-Owo, Ado-Ekiti-Ilesa, Ibadan-Ogbomoso-Ilorin, Ibadan-Abeokuta, da sauran su.
Ooni Adeyeye Ogunwusi ya bayyana godiya ga wakilan Afenifere, inda ya ce ya yi farin ciki sosai da karramawa saboda zuwan wakilan kungiyar don maraba dashi a ranar haihuwarsa.
