By Tunde Akinsola, Ibadan
Some leaders today in Ibadan warned that the Yoruba will reconsider her membership of the Nigerian federation if the cultural and political marginalization continues unabated. The summit is not impressed by the slogan of renaissance renting the air, saying that the country has merely slid into the firm grip of another self-serving ethnic cabal intent on pinning the country down in her historic state of control my vested interests.
Presided over by former Governor of the Western Region, General Adeyinka Adebayo the summit warn that the Yoruba will no longer tolerate the sustenance of the country’s garrison structure which they claim undermine self actualization of the people of the South West.
Irohinodua correspondent reports that the summit said failure to restructure Nigeria using the 2014 confab report might force the Yoruba people to review her place in a political arrangement that cannot guarantee the protection of her citizens. Factional leaders of the Oodua Peoples Congress, (OPC), Dr Fredrick Faseun and Otunba Gani Adams were unanimous in saying that the time to “leave Nigeria” and assert the sovereignty of the Yoruba people is now.
The summit strongly condemned what it described as the “invasion and killing of people in Yoruba territories” by the Fulani herdsmen. The summit held in the House of Chiefs Section of the Parliament Building of the Oyo State Secretariat with the theme “National Insecurity and the Menace of Fulani Herdsmen in Yorubaland.” The participants also decried the continued oppression of the Yoruba in their homeland by armed Fulani herdsmen.
The summit cite incessant cases of rape, destruction of economic plants that form the bedrock of the livelihood of locals, the armed violence unleashed by the nomads coupled with the consequent cultural disequilibrium the displacement of people from crisis-ridden Northern Nigeria have brought to communities in Yorubaland adding that subsequent governments in Nigeria have come into power waving slogans that end up leaving the country worse than they met it.
They demanded an immediate end to lawless nomadic activities in the South West warning that any community who cannot establish ranches for their flock should retreat from Yoruba territories. “The Yoruba people are no longer ready to tolerate mindless encroachment on their means of livelihood by any ungrateful tenants”, the gathering stated as part of its resolutions. The summit appear to be a mixture of Yoruba nationalists who have remained steadfast for ages and a sizeable flavour of people who worked for the ousted former President Goodluck Jonathan, leaving the possible impression that the summit has an iota of the usual sharp ideological and sometimes raucous divisions that have characterized Yoruba internal politics since independence.
Some observers think the Yoruba supporters of the ousted President Jonathan are anxious to seek relevance in a new environment that appears to have pushed them into the back bench of anomie. But the Afenifere spokesperson, Mr Yinka Odumakin said his group will always defend the objective interests of the Yoruba people. An official of the Oodua Liberation Movement, (OLM) Mr Popoola Ajayi said though the supporters of the ousted President Jonathan were prominent at the summit, the “reality is that many Yoruba people are disillusioned about the state of affairs in Nigeria and patience is running out.” He said after working for the emergence of President Mohammadu Buhari, the Yoruba people are “desperate to know if the alignment with the Fulani would lead to the restructuring of Nigeria and create political and economic freedom for the Yoruba” adding that the recent appointments by the President undermines the regime’s integrity.
He said “we the Yoruba people want to control our economy, security and natural resources including the sea ports.”
At the event were prominent Yoruba sons and daughters from the academia, politics and the Diaspora. The sponsors of the summit were Yoruba Council of Elders, (YCE), Oodua Foundation, Afenifere and the Yoruba Unity Forum, (YUF). Some of the participants included the Oyo State Deputy Governor, Otunba Moses Alake Adeyemo, who represented the State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi; Sola Ebiseni, who represented the Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko, Pa Olanihun Ajayi, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, Pa Supo Sonibare, Prof Banji Akintoye, Prof Toun Ogunseye, the first woman Professor in Nigeria. Others were Dr Fredrick Faseun, Otunba Gani Adams, Dr Kunle Olajide, Chief Shuaib Oyedokun and the former Military governor of Lagos State, Brig-Gen Raji Rasaki among many others. The Afenifere Renewal Group, (ARG) and many other Pan-Yoruba groups were however absent at the summit.

it is a national dilemma bros.. shatap and do like the rest of us.. and stick together to fight a common enemy.. you cannot survive on amala and ewedu for long y'know

mumu people

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No they must still be slaves ...biafra is the only true land.

Am I missing something here Both the return to regionalism and state police Yoruba asked for were killed and never allowed to sail through, so what's in the confab report for Yoruba?

The marginalization issue is on point though. So far Yoruba have NOT been rewarded for voting Buhari, we have just been at par with the rest of the country, except the north.

Odumakin will NEVER be a mouthpiece of any legitimate group in Yorubaland.

SW must go ahead and pass local laws that first arm farmers, and two, make it illegal for herds men to go through farms they do not own. We can do this now before federal govt passes one that will later put Yoruba's own at a disadvantage. We have to do these quickly and then go and speak all the grammars we want in court.

Hahahhahhahahahaha...

Another amala meeting..
Infact we pray there is any seriousness in that lyrics, cous we from the east will give u guyz a hand shake nd Headies award..

But the Afenifere spokesperson, Mr Yinka Odumakin said his group will always defend the objective interests of the Yoruba people. An official of the Oodua Liberation Movement, (OLM) Mr Popoola Ajayi said though the supporters of the ousted President Jonathan were prominent at the summit, the “reality is that many Yoruba people are disillusioned about the state of affairs in Nigeria and patience is running out.” He said after working for the emergence of President Mohammadu Buhari, the Yoruba people are “desperate to know if the alignment with the Fulani would lead to the restructuring of Nigeria and create political and economic freedom for the Yoruba” adding that the recent appointments by the President undermines the regime’s integrity.
He said “we the Yoruba people want to control our economy, security and natural resources including the sea ports.”

Gej presidency was the best shot at the bold.

No Fulani man will ever support such freedom cos it DOA under Buhari with the support of modern day Afonja.

Freedom is never given on a platter so Yorubas must be willing and ready to do the needful.

Aareonakakanfo:









Nobody mentioned ibo or biafra so you can do us a favour by jumping off

mumu ppl

Bububu, time is running out...source

Aareonakakanfo:












Nobody mentioned ibo or biafra so you can do us a favour by jumping off

Aquarium Ewu yellow bar.

It is time to hold Nairaland Political Confab... Every Region should be represented so as to chart a way forward.

voltron:
it is a national dilemma bros.. shatap and do like the rest of us.. and stick together to fight a common enemy.. you cannot survive on amala and ewedu for long y'know

Is it really a national dilemma? Are you able to show how your fathers in SE have responded in unison to what you carelessly termed national dilemma?

You just open mouth and talk any kind of way without reasoning!

Aareonakakanfo:
Holy ch!t! 90% of the comments here have been made by red mud romanis. I hope they don't mess it up

Of course Igbos will mess up this thread because it's titled "Yoruba" and because they know the end is near.

They're afraid to leave Yorubaland.

They're afraid of forming their own government, of standing alone, of not having Lagos ports to embark on Malaysia journey. They're afraid, that's why Yoruba's federalism project did not passed through. Each region should be responsible for its own survival/growth.

Igbos won't have ND oil money to steal. The likes of Allison Madueke won't have money to buy Hyde park.

If Yorubas can't have federalism, then let's pull out.

funkiebully:
ugly picture

www.nairaland.com/attachments/2938662_rps2_jpeg8617bf80a629b0aa252f6ee89ff2ddf6

Is biafra a woman or a puzzyazz negro in this picture?

Lunatic cowards............Let them chase away the fulanis that have made Falae's farm land their grazing site before pulling out of the country

eyaa uwa adi ka esi cheeya

wytecat:
Am I missing something here Both the return to regionalism and state police Yoruba asked for were killed and never allowed to sail through, so what's in the confab report for Yoruba?

The marginalization issue is on point though. So far Yoruba have NOT been rewarded for voting Buhari, we have just been at par with the rest of the country, except the north.

The official report has not been released to the public. For someone who spent last two days demanding fact based information, where did you obtain information that regionalism and state police was killed?

farewell to them,the zoo must fall

MayorofLagos:


Is it really a national dilemma? Are you able to show how your fathers in SE have responded in unison to what you carelessly termed national dilemma?

You just open mouth and talk any kind of way without reasoning!

See why i say it is a national dilemma ? you must have checked out my profile hence your pained lash-out at a messenger instead of the message. this dude is as ignorant and painfully illiterate as Edwin Clark and perhaps yourself.. you definitely show great potential for this sort of stuff

Aareonakakanfo:



Don't you like purple bars? lil !diot

Sure I like it..

Would u like some for ur family

Aqurium Anuofia..

Cowardly Anuofias!

Try it let's see. Enjoy awolowo's hard fought one Nigeria ndi ara!

If person wan pull out he go begin announce am with conditional statement like "may"

Id1ots! Toothless bingos!

Fetish diabolical yoruba ostriches and YAMS come ooooo, your revered leaders are talking considering pulling out your cherished one Nigeria ...can you ritualistic cowards muster courage to do that?

Na dirty napkin they have used to wipe mouth, hand and table you take whip the clown.

Aareonakakanfo:















Nobody mentioned ibo or biafra so you can do us a favour by jumping off

Abeggii Mr NoticeMe, No Go There At All.

TonyeBarcanista:
It is time to hold Nairaland Political Confab... Every Region should be represented so as to chart a way forward.

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Ilekeh:


Of course Igbos will mess up this thread because it's titled "Yoruba" and because they know the end is near.

They're afraid to leave Yorubaland.

They're afraid of forming their own government, of standing alone, of not having Lagos ports to embark on Malaysia journey. They're afraid, that's why Yoruba's federalism project did not passed through. Each region should be responsible for its own survival/growth.

Igbos won't have ND oil money to steal. The likes of Allison Madueke won't have money to buy Hyde park.

If Yorubas can't have federalism, then let's pull out.

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