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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.

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Cc lalasticlala

Leave those cowards

Yorubas are not like the biafra what ever they want they achieve. if they are ready they will get it.

Have they agreed yet dat it is fulani dat kidnapped falae?? Dat aspect needs 2 be resolved first

They'll only threaten to secede if there are no Igbo shops to lock.

nellyelitz:
Leave those cowards

the Hausas know the implications if Yoruba should secede why can't they issue the same statement to the biafra?

PointB:
They'll only threaten to secede if there are no Igbo shops to lock.

the igbos are wanderer so whatever they garnered in the land that doesn't belong to them are not their own reason along

mightyhaze:
Have they agreed yet dat it is fulani dat kidnapped falae?? Dat aspect needs 2 be resolved first

besides the case of falae Fulani have wrecked alot of havoc honestly speaking,

elijah2u:
Yorubas are not like the biafra what ever they want they achieve. if they are ready they will get it.

Say Walai!

Freemanan:
Say Walai!

you can say that again

This north -east group is a senseless group. Instead of them to call thise useless herds men to order, they are talking nonsense.

So because a Fulani man is a president, the yorubas should not speak out when cow boys come to molest them in their land

The North East group should be more concerned about the boko haram insurgents that av ruined their region instead of making unnecessary noise.

Of course no. They know where the troubles about Nigeria lies.

I was here

Hausa / fulani said Falae is worth Salah ram. Is this not wickedness? Yet our yoruba brothers keep aiding and abetting d fulanis

The Communique is Ibo made. Usman Abdulkadril is from the se not ne. Usman Abdulkadril is therefore a moniker for this post. The Yoruba Elders' reaction is usual and appropriate for a substerfuge such as this.

Godfullsam:
This north -east group is a senseless group. Instead of them to call thise useless herds men to order, they are talking nonsense.

So because a Fulani man is a president, the yorubas should not speak out when cow boys come to molest them in their land

The North East group should be more concerned about the boko haram insurgents that av ruined their region instead of making unnecessary noise.

seriously i see the problem in the North East as being mild in comparism with what may soon erupt in the south-west,like the Almajiris in the North East who where over-looked for a very long time and the result now,is that they are easy source of foot soldiers for Boko Haram.
Then take a look at South-West and you will discover that it has big crisis to manage,with the astronomical rise in the number of unemployable youths,who are either motor park touts,Alayes(area boys),political touts,omoniles(assumed land speculators)etc
I think the elites in the south west is committing the same blunder committed by North East elders,they use this youths during elections and abandon them afterwards,while their kids are abroad schooling.Some day these youths will revolt against their elites when they discover they have constantly been decieved.
The last time i was in Ibadan,my heart bled when i saw a mammoth crowd of youths following one Alha'ja,who promised to feed them for the day,it was an eye saw!I wept for my country.

Why would they use igbo as an example are they smoking cow dung? These idiots have refused to understand the fact that yoruba are not only worried about the kidnapping but the destruction of their land and property by your cows! You should restrict your movement to the north! Even though yoruba are very annoying....

No, they probably would have lined up their igwes and flogged the he*ll out of them.

elijah2u:
the Hausas know the implications if Yoruba should secede why can't they issue the same statement to the biafra?

Does it look like they are begging when they said the security agencies should fish out those that made mention of secession from the Yoruba elders ? They said u should shut up and sit down and u are here feeling high on sthing.

Mind u, they know one tribe at a time against Igbos stand to lose. A combination of Hausa - Yoruba and Fulani were dealt with safe for help from Britain, Egypt and Russia., how much more hausas alone against Igbos or Yoruba alone against Igbos. I believe that should be the area they are coming from if at all the feel they need u with them in Nigeria