Yoruba groups call for dissolution of Nigeria

Asks Yoruba to prepare for Oodua Republic

By Lukeman Ajeigbe

In response to the 58th Anniversary of Nigeria’s independence, various Pan Yoruba groups today in Lagos have called for on the United Nations, (UN) to put in motion the process for the dissolution of Nigeria.
Under auspices of Yoruba Liberation Command, (YOLICOM) the groups said Nigeria is a time bomb waiting to explode adding that the current Federal Government and the International community are aware that the country is another disaster waiting to happen. Irohinoodua attended the event held in Lagos on Tuesday and addressed by the group’s spokesperson, Mr George Akinola.
At a world media event organized today, YOLICOM said the task before the United Nations, (UN) is to ensure peaceful dissolution to avoid another global carnage.
The group said the Yoruba and many other ethnic groups in Nigeria, are not free or independent, as the Nigeria independence celebration of October 1 were wont to portray. “We are encircled and shackled by the Nigerian paradox of the tail wagging the dog. The country is currently home to 350million illicit weapons as stated by the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau. The country has been arresting several people importing arms into the country. We stand here to accuse the FG of complicity in this arms pile up. If the FG is not involved the culprits would have been arrested.”
It noted that the top security leaders in Nigeria are of Fulani extraction and that it was a plot to defend and protect the Fulani future plan of aggression against other ethnic groups in Nigeria.
The group said “We demand the immediate withdrawal of all armed Fulani herdsmen already stationed in Yoruba towns, villages and street corners. They should withdraw peacefully in their own interests.

It noted that the restructuring of the country is no longer necessary and has become a political weapon used by gladiators to delude Nigerians and coarse Nigerians into a string of fraudulent elections whose outcomes are predictable.

YOLICOM said “That Nigeria has failed the Yoruba nation in all aspects of human development. We call on Yoruba people to prepare for the big challenge to self-determine our future and to be ready to make the highest sacrifices for the sake of today’s and future generations.”

It said since 2015, no fewer than 30,000 Nigerians have been killed and that the killings perpetrated by the Fulani herdsmen appear to be organized and supported by state insititutions.
YOLICOM said elections in Nigeria have become a charade and that it ends up criminalizing the people based on what happened in Osun and Ekiti States recently.
It stated “We, in YOLICOM speaking for millions of our members and many Yoruba are no longer interested in the Nigerian project. The task ahead of all young people in Yorubaland is to work for the self determination of Yoruba people as a sovereign nation.”

To avoid the impending doom, YOLICOM is calling for a United Nations (UN) supervised referendum to determine the peaceful dissolution of Nigeria, where each nationality group within the country can safely, and without let or hindrance, choose the path of its own destiny.
The generality of Yoruba make up over 25% of Nigeria. At over 50million people we are larger than many of the countries in the world.
According to YOLICOM, the Yoruba have the largest local and diaspora population of any black race in the world adding that with conscientious sensitization and mobilization, the Yoruba shall take our nation out of Nigeria and finally evolve an African country the black race and the world can be proud of.

It added “In comparison with the countries of the modern world, the part of Nigeria that is the Yorùbá Nation is, in population, bigger than many of the richest and most influential countries of the Western world. It is a little bigger than Canada, about as big as Spain or Poland, about four times as big as Portugal or Sweden, over six times as big as Denmark or Switzerland. Of the 53 countries of Europe, only five (Russia, Germany, France, Great Britain, and Italy) have populations that are larger than the population of Yoruba in Nigeria; two (Spain and Poland) have populations about equal to the population of Yoruba in Nigeria; and each of all the remaining 47 countries is smaller than Yoruba in Nigeria.”


YOLICOM said to avoid doom, the United Nations (UN) must immediately supervised referendum to determine the peaceful dissolution of Nigeria, where each nationality group within the country can safely, and without let or hindrance, choose the path of its own destiny.
The generality of Yoruba make up over 25% of Nigeria. At over 50million people we are larger than many of the countries in the world.

“We have the largest local and diaspora population of any black race in the world. With conscientious sensitization and mobilization, we shall take our nation out of Nigeria and finally evolve an African country the black race and the world can be proud of.

“In comparison with the countries of the modern world, the part of Nigeria that is the Yorùbá Nation is, in population, bigger than many of the richest and most influential countries of the Western world. It is a little bigger than Canada, about as big as Spain or Poland, about four times as big as Portugal or Sweden, over six times as big as Denmark or Switzerland. Of the 53 countries of Europe, only five (Russia, Germany, France, Great Britain, and Italy) have populations that are larger than the population of Yoruba in Nigeria; two (Spain and Poland) have populations about equal to the population of Yoruba in Nigeria; and each of all the remaining 47 countries is smaller than Yoruba in Nigeria.




It noted that of the fifty-four countries of the continent of Africa (beside Nigeria), Yorùbá population in Nigeria is smaller than those of only three countries – Egypt, Ethiopia, and Congo (Kinshasa), a little larger than the population of the Union of South Africa, and considerably larger than the population of every one of the remaining fifty countries. In West Africa, Yorùbá in Nigeria is considerably larger in population than the combined populations of the four countries of Benin Republic, Togo Republic, Liberia, and Gambia.”

It added “We must therefore assert Yoruba self-determination as a sovereign country to save the Yoruba people from this falling Nigeria edifice to claim the promising potential of a great Yoruba nation before the nascent series of implosions increases beyond the present intensity. An Oduduwa Republic of one people, one language, one culture, that is not working at cross-purposes with other peoples within Nigeria, who nurture different visions of their own future to pursue, is possible, and is imminent”