South West now abode of foreign terrorists, says Ilana Omo Oodua

The Ilana Omo Oodua, a group clamouring self-deter­mination for Yoruba, says some foreign terrorists have infiltrated parts of South- West

Prof. Banji Akintoye, leader of the group, made this known on Tuesday at the congress organised by Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide, in Ibadan, the capi­tal Oyo State.

Recall that South-West re­gion has in the past few months witnessed a series of security challenges such as kidnapping and armed robbery.

The latest of such incidents was the abduction of travellers along the Lagos-Ibadan Ex­pressway on Friday.

But Akintoye, a professor of History, who spoke to those who were in attendance at the congress over the telephone, insisted that foreign terrorists have invaded some parts of the South-West region.

He called on all Yoruba de­scendants to demand a change in the Nigerian system, which, he alleged, is faulty and also ex­plained that the Yoruba nation would be actualised before the end of December.

He said, “The foreign terror­ists that Fulani has brought are now in our territory.

“Before the end of Decem­ber, we will have our own coun­try. I am Professor Adeniran, I’m solidly behind you. We are seriously behind you. Demand change, demand improvement. Our nation is in serious dan­ger”.

Chief Kunle Adelakun (Eruobodo), Interim General Secretary, Ilana Omo Oodua, while speaking, said Nigeria is going nowhere because Ni­geria has been hooked to slave masters.

He added that the ruling class are hell-bent on thwarting democratic principles to favour their greed, ego and personal in­terests.

He alleged that Nigeria as a project was designed to fail.

Adelakun said, “Let me say this to all, Nigeria is going nowhere, not because we don’t want it to grow or because we lack the intellectual capacity to make it work, but it cannot work simply because Nigeria has been hooked to slave mas­ters, the ruling class who are hell-bent to thwart democratic principles to favour their greed, ego and personal interests.

“Furthermore, Nigeria is a project (a country) that is de­signed to fail; a consumer nation in every ramification and a na­tion that failed in her responsi­bility to the citizenry. Nigeria is a nation that lacks technology that could cater for its industry and build a sustainable econo­my. It is, indeed, a nation of ideo­logical bankruptcy. With these indices, can someone explain how it would work?”