By Levinus Nwabughiogu
ABUJA – A group known as North East Solidarity Forum condemned the
recent secession threat made by some Yoruba groups, describing it as a
treasonable felony.
Listing the groups as the Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE), the Yoruba Unity
Forum (YUF), the Oodua Foundation, Afenifere, the Oodua Peoples Congress
(OPC), the Coalition of Yoruba Autonomy (COYA), the Oodua Democratic
Coalition (ODC), the Ominira Yoruba Apapo, and the Agbekoya Organization,
the Forum said that the statement was an utter reckless, calling president
Mohammadu Buhari to call the groups to order.
A communique signed by the Co-Ordinator General of the group, Usman
Abdulkadir a meeting accused the Yoruba elders of inciting the general
populace and especially the people of the South West region of the country
to violence and bloodshed.
The Forum which regretted that such statement could emanate from the
groups which he said should have noted the ethnic configurations of the
country, stressing that the kidnapping of the former Secretary to the
Government of the Federation was supposed to be a concern for all to help
the president Buhari tackle the incessant case of kidnapping and insecurity
at large.
“We have gathered here today to critically examine the recent unguarded
and unwarranted vituperations that emanated from the Summit of Yoruba
Elders in Ibadan, Oyo State and wish to state unequivocally that the threat
to secession in the South West must not be taken lightly nor ignored by the
Federal Government. It must be properly investigated by the security
agencies and all actors in the summit must be brought to book”, Abdukadir
said.
The forum recalled the situation of Boko Haram that has ravaged the North
East and the various incidences of kidnapping in parts of Nigeria, asking
whether the Yoruba Elders would have threatened to secede if the
kidnappers of Chief Olu Falae were an Igbo or from other tribes in Nigeria.
“We believe the threat of secession by the Yoruba Elders has a hidden
agenda which must be unravelled urgently by the security agencies because
of the weighty nature of their statement and we know that if any region is to
make such call, it should have been from the North East due to the ruin the
region has witnessed in the last four years”, he said.
Part of the Communique read:, “A call for the breaking of Nigeria by a
section of any individual or groups is a treasonable felony and there is no
exception to what happened in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
“While we condemn kidnapping or any act of criminality by any indidual in
the country and in any part of Nigeria, we want to use this opportunity to
call on President Muhammadu Buhari to use all available means to protect
the unity, oneness and integrity of this great country Nigeria. Nobody is
above the law and no tribe or ethnicity can threaten our corporate existence
without being called to account for their misdemeanours. The YCE should
not be an exception”. The group said.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/10/would-yoruba-elders-threatened-to-secede-if-falaes-kidnappers-were-igbo/
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murphyibiam15:
By Levinus Nwabughiogu
ABUJA – A group known as North East Solidarity Forum condemned the
recent secession threat made by some Yoruba groups, describing it as a
treasonable felony.
Listing the groups as the Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE), the Yoruba Unity
Forum (YUF), the Oodua Foundation, Afenifere, the Oodua Peoples Congress
(OPC), the Coalition of Yoruba Autonomy (COYA), the Oodua Democratic
Coalition (ODC), the Ominira Yoruba Apapo, and the Agbekoya Organization,
the Forum said that the statement was an utter reckless, calling president
Mohammadu Buhari to call the groups to order.
A communique signed by the Co-Ordinator General of the group, Usman
Abdulkadir a meeting accused the Yoruba elders of inciting the general
populace and especially the people of the South West region of the country
to violence and bloodshed.
The Forum which regretted that such statement could emanate from the
groups which he said should have noted the ethnic configurations of the
country, stressing that the kidnapping of the former Secretary to the
Government of the Federation was supposed to be a concern for all to help
the president Buhari tackle the incessant case of kidnapping and insecurity
at large.
“We have gathered here today to critically examine the recent unguarded
and unwarranted vituperations that emanated from the Summit of Yoruba
Elders in Ibadan, Oyo State and wish to state unequivocally that the threat
to secession in the South West must not be taken lightly nor ignored by the
Federal Government. It must be properly investigated by the security
agencies and all actors in the summit must be brought to book”, Abdukadir
said.
The forum recalled the situation of Boko Haram that has ravaged the North
East and the various incidences of kidnapping in parts of Nigeria, asking
whether the Yoruba Elders would have threatened to secede if the
kidnappers of Chief Olu Falae were an Igbo or from other tribes in Nigeria.
“We believe the threat of secession by the Yoruba Elders has a hidden
agenda which must be unravelled urgently by the security agencies because
of the weighty nature of their statement and we know that if any region is to
make such call, it should have been from the North East due to the ruin the
region has witnessed in the last four years”, he said.
Part of the Communique read:, “A call for the breaking of Nigeria by a
section of any individual or groups is a treasonable felony and there is no
exception to what happened in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
“While we condemn kidnapping or any act of criminality by any indidual in
the country and in any part of Nigeria, we want to use this opportunity to
call on President Muhammadu Buhari to use all available means to protect
the unity, oneness and integrity of this great country Nigeria. Nobody is
above the law and no tribe or ethnicity can threaten our corporate existence
without being called to account for their misdemeanours. The YCE should
not be an exception”. The group said.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/10/would-yoruba-elders-threatened-to-secede-if-falaes-kidnappers-were-igbo/
cc:lalasticlala

Igbo people are not trouble makers. Igbo people have lived and developed so many places, have U ever heard them involved in such violence or recklessness? be honest with yourself!
I expect U to call this evil perpetrators to order.
But here U are saying rubbish!
Let me tell U if anything had happened to Falae, it would have being more than succession!
Don't take other tribes quietness and gentility for weakness or cowardice!
Keep trying U will get what U do not expect!

Gentility of Lion is not cowardice,yoruba people will soon fall out of this Zoo,we are the only tribe keeping Nigeria Unity

No, we would have probably round them up and flog all of them

The problem with fulani is as soon as they commit any crime, they disappear without any trace.