Tag: Secession Agitations

After meeting Tinubu, Asari Dokubo to collect 1m signatures to lead a march supporting Igbos’ secession bid

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Former Niger Delta militant, Asari Dokubo, says he will lead a march supporting the Igbos’ bid to secede from Nigeria with over a million signatories from Nigerians across the country to the National Assembly. He made the remarks in an Instagram video recorded and shared by several social media platforms on Thursday. In the video, which had over 58,000 views, Dokubo stated: “Please, President Ahmed Tinubu, I am going to write to the signatories of over one million people all over Nigeria and march to the National Assembly to allow…

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“More than 90% of Yoruba are fed up with Nigeria”, Yoruba Council of Elders claim

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Senior Elders Forum of the Yoruba Council of Elders, yesterday, said more than 90 percent of people in the South-West geo-political zone are fed up with the “concoction called Nigeria”. The senior citizens, who spoke through the former National President of YCE, Col. Samuel Agbede (rtd) in an issued statement, noted that except for a negligible few who are eating mere “crumbs that fell from their masters’ table”, a greater percentage prefer to sit at a roundtable to renegotiate the amalgamation of Nigeria, which according to him has since expired.…

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Yoruba self-determination group to launch radio for promotion of agitation Jan, 1st 

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The apex body of Yoruba self-determination struggle, Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide, (IOOW), will formally unveil Radio Ijangbara as the official broadcast radio of the Yoruba self-determination Struggle on Sunday January 1st, 2023. According to a joint statement signed by the Chairman and General Secretary of the Group respectively, Professor Wale Adeniran and Dr. Tunde Amusat, the online radio shall be broadcasting live from Dubai, United Arab Emirate (UAE), and shall serve the interest of Yoruba Self-Determination struggle within and outside the shores of Nigeria. Adeniran and Amusat said everyone can…

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“You’ll be arrested, prosecuted for treason” – Akeredolu warns Oodua nation agitators

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Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has warned that security agencies will be sent to checkmate those agitating for creation of Oodua ‘nation’ out of South-West Nigeria. Akeredolu, who is also the Chairman of the South-West Governors’ Forum, spoke at the Launching of Emblem Appeal to flag-off the 2023 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebrations, which was held at the State Internal Revenue Service Hall, Akure, the state capital. Akeredolu said many lives have been laid down for the unity of the country, vowing that states in the Southwest will not allow…

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2023: Group accuses ‘Yoruba nation’ agitators of planning to truncate 2023 polls

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A group, the Yoruba Appraisal Forum, (YAF), has raised the alarm over alleged plans by those championing and agitating for secession of Yoruba land from the rest of Nigeria to cause violence and chaos in the South-West and other parts of the country with the ultimate objective of truncating the conduct of the 2023 general elections. The YAF National Coordinator, Adesina Animashaun, raised the alarm at a press conference in Lagos yesterday. Citing recent utterances by the leaders of the agitators that the group would achieve the secession of Yoruba…

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Insecurity: “Hold parley with IPOB, Yoruba agitators, bandits” – Int’l Human Rights Commission urges Buhari

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The International Human Rights Commission (IHRC), has urged the Federal Government to hold talks with bandits, the self-styled ‘Yoruba nation’ agitators, and the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), in order to restore peace in Nigeria. The Commission expressed alarm over the flight of Nigerian youngsters abroad while blaming the country’s poor economy for kidnapping, banditry, and killings, among other types of insecurity. The IHRC’s Ambassador-at-Large and Head of Diplomatic Missions in Nigeria, Dr. Duru Hezekiah, made these remarks to newsmen in Abuja, on Wednesday, while commemorating the annual International…

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Self-determination Calls: ‘Insecurity, bad governance recipes for agitations’ – Yoruba Diaspora group

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A prominent Yoruba Diaspora group, Yoruba One Voice, (YOV), has said that the agitations for self-determination will continue if the Federal Government didn’t address issues that have been threatening the foundation of Nigeria and also pitting the ethnic nationalities against one another. The YOV made this known at the fifth edition of its global conference held via zoom, where participants gathered from all six continents of the world. The Diaspora group, while proffering solutions to the myriads of problems bedevilling Nigeria, also warned the Federal Government against clamping down on…

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Secessionists Agitation: ‘Yoruba set for peaceful exit’, Yoruba group writes Buhari

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A conglomerate of different Yoruba socio-political groups demanding self-governance in the South-West geo-political zone, the Yoruba Self-Determination Movement (YSDM), has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to react to the letter written by the group that the Yoruba was set to secede from Nigeria peacefully. Referring to the letter, which was jointly signed by Professor Banji Akintoye, Banji Ayiloge, Chief Sunday Igboho, and Prof. Adeniran and Ayiloge, who is the vice-chairman of the group urged President Buhari to read and respond to their demands. He said: “The letter was written to serve…

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Self Determination: “Yoruba people are ready to leave Nigeria” – Prof. Akintoye writes Buhari

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Renowned historian and leader of an umbrella body of Yoruba self-determination groups: ‘Ilana Omo Oodua’, Prof. Banji Akintoye, has written to President Muhammadu Buhari notifying him of the intention of the Yoruba ‘nation’ to leave Nigeria. In a letter dated August 6, 2022, Akintoye reportedly told Buhari that the letter was to formally give him “notice of the decision of the overwhelming majority of our Yoruba nation and people to exercise our right to self-determination to have our independent and sovereign country separate from the country of Nigeria”. According to him,…

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“We stand on our call on Igbos to leave Nigeria, if…” — Northern Elders Forum

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The Northern Elders Forum, (NEF), on Friday, said it stands by its old call on the Igbos of the South-East region to be allowed to leave Nigeria if that is what they want. The Convener of the NEF, Professor Ango Abdullahi, said these while reacting to a comment credited to the spokesperson of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr. Alex Ogbonnia, in which he referred to the spokesperson of NEF, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, as a security threat. The NEF also told the Ohanaeze Ndigbo to channel its energy towards contributing to the security…

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