those who are in support of the Akintoye group\u2019s move and those against. <\/a><\/p>\n\u2018Akintoye is right\u2019<\/p>\n
The Secretary-General, Yoruba Council of Elders, YCE, Dr Kunle Olajide, is one of those on the side of the YSDM leader. One of his reasons he gave for his decision is that people could no longer go to their farms due to insecurity.<\/p>\n
Olajide said: \u201cProf. Akintoye is right and the YCE is in support of what he has said. You and I know that we have not sat down anywhere to properly plan, discuss and have a majority agree that it must happen on a particular day. \u201cHowever, there is still room for discussion because we have some of our men and women in this Federal Government as well. We must not see the FG as being different and we, the Yoruba, as different.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have Yoruba ministers and, presently, a Yoruba is the Vice President.<\/p>\n
\u201c I would advice Akintoye to look for an opportunity to invite our son, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and one of the Senate leaders to sit together and take a decision.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we are not free to go to our farms and walk safely in the country because government cannot guarantee our safety, then you do not blame anybody in this country that is considering the other option.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nothing is wrong \u2013 Arogbofa<\/p>\n
A former General Secretary of Afenifere, Bashorun Sehinde Arogbofa, echoed Olajide\u2019s sentiment, saying there was nothing wrong in seeking self-determination.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t see anything wrong in that, at least, it will be on record that such request was made to the government. He\u2019s in order, what he has written is supported by us\u201d, Arogbofa noted.<\/p>\n
Important step \u2013 Ajibulu<\/p>\n
The General Secretary of the Ekiti Council of Elders, Elder Niyi Ajibulu, said the letter was an important step in resolving the protracted issues in the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is only through discussion that issues can be resolved. I think it\u2019s the right step in the right direction; rather than creating problems, the best thing is for them to write a letter and for the Federal Government to respond\u201d, Ajibulu said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe request is for a meeting to discuss, it shouldn\u2019t be too difficult for government to sit down with any group and discuss how to solve the problem confronting the nation\u201d.<\/p>\n
Nobody is happy \u2013 Ogunsakin<\/p>\n
On his part, the Chairman of Ekiti Traditional Chieftaincy Title Holders, Chief Olu Ogunsakin, stressed that Akintoye spoke the minds of the Yoruba people.<\/p>\n
\u201cI read the letter and I don\u2019t think there is nothing wrong in that. At least, he expressed the minds of the Yoruba people in that letter and I don\u2019t think I have any objection to that write-up\u201d, Ogunsakin said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe spoke on behalf of the Yoruba and, with the way things are going, nobody is really happy with the situation in the country\u201d.<\/p>\n
Also speaking, a public affairs commentator, Zadok Akintoye, said it had become necessary that civil channels like the one used by Akintoye be encouraged in place of violent agitations like the one done by the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPoB, among others.<\/p>\n
\u201cI commend this effort and believe it has become important to take this route as a path to the actualization of more independent regions\u201d, he stated.<\/p>\n
\u2018Peaceful separation\u2019<\/p>\n
A former gubernatorial candidate in Ogun State, Ogbeni Lanre Banjo, said, \u201cThe tone of the letter is to seek peaceful separation or allowance of regional governments.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe decision to have a separate nation is that of an overwhelming majority of Yoruba worldwide. Submission of over five million signatures required by the United Nation to substantiate that requirement has been complied with.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the other steps is to notify the President of the country. The letter specifically stated the sufferings of other ethnicities in the hands of the President\u2019s tribe.<\/p>\n
\u201cFurthermore, the President complicates matters by being the Patron of Fulani herdsmen allegedly terrorizing Nigerians without deterring actions.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, it is a requisite step to be fulfilled to merit the approval of the separation of the Yoruba nation from Nigeria\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u2018Political bargain\u2019<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a member of the Yoruba self-determination group, Ilana Omo Oodua, IOO, which Akintoye also headed, who spoke to Sunday Vanguard in confidence, accused the history professor of trying to use the organisation as a political bargain.<\/p>\n
She said: \u201cAfter serving Buhari a notice that the Yoruba people want to exercise their rights to self-determination and justified it, Baba, in the same letter, is demanding for a negotiation meeting. Who does that?<\/p>\n
\u201cHow do you request for negotiation from someone that is oppressing you and has an immense advantage over you in terms of power, arms, sovereignty, money and everything?<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat does Professor Akintoye have outside five million online petitions that warrant him to demand for a negotiation or worthy of being negotiated with outside his media noise?<\/p>\n
\u201cBuhari should be the one to reach out to us for negotiation, not Akintoye asking for a negotiation.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat Akintoye did was against the run of play. When Ambassador Buratai visited Sunday Igboho in Benin prison for negotiation, he did not write the Nigerian government for negotiation, they came and Igboho turned them down. That is what is called a fighter and activist\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u2018Letter unnecessary\u2019<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a political analyst, Hon Ayo Fadaka, said the letter by Akintoye to Buhari was unnecessary.<\/p>\n
\u201cAkintoye heads an organisation that assumes it has the responsibility to speak for the Yoruba people even when such mandate has not been given to it\u201d, Fadaka stated.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is not the only one in that classification as there are many others too who equally claim to be fighting for our liberation.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe letter was unnecessary because, for a President with Buhari\u2019s mindset, it is just an exercise in futility. The letter, with its content, drive and desire, remains a mere exercise in futility.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2018Self-serving\u2019<\/p>\n
Also, the Ondo State Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Stephen Adewale, said, \u201cThe fact that almost all of the leaders who have promoted such agitation have resorted to running away when the going gets tough is one of the contributing elements to the failure.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen the circumstance occurs, all activists give up on the cause.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis further demonstrates the self-serving motive of these ethnic leaders, especially those who are currently leading the Yoruba agitation.<\/p>\n
\u201cHistory has demonstrated that there is no guarantee that the citizens of Yoruba or any other ethnic nationalities in the country will be better off under a separate nation.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe same leadership crisis that bedevils Nigeria will definitely assail the so-called new nation.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe solution to the country\u2019s problem, therefore, is to ensure that we all do the right thing in 2023 by voting for the right candidates that have what it takes to take the country out of the woods.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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