By Dapo Akinrefon

LAGOS—THE Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, yesterday lampooned the Lagos state governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola over remarks that Yoruba leaders’ support for President Goodluck Jonathan is a betrayal borne out of blood money, describing the the remarks as rude.

Governor Fashola had alleged that some Yoruba leaders collected money from some politicians, with the aim of persuading their subjects to vote for the financiers.

In its reaction by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Yinka Odumakin, Afenifere faulted the governor’s utterances just as it argued that Lagos State under Fashola “is a failed project.”

The group, however, called on the governor to publicly declare his asset alleging that “while His Excellency (Fashola) takes his time to give us his declaration we need to restate some of the public knowledge of what he had done with about N4trillion that has accrued to Lagos under his stewardship.”

According to the group; “Before Fashola can run his mouth against those who have been at the vanguard of the battle for federalism in Nigeria before he was born, we ask him to publicly declare his assets today against the Mercedez Benz 200 flat boot and Sagem handset which he brought to Alausa when Tinubu appointed him as Chief of staff in 2002.”