Wednesday May 16 , 2012

Don’t take South-west by all means, was the warning from Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi (III), to politicians yesterday ahead of the 2015 polls. Except Ondo, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) controls Lagos, Ekiti, Ogun, Oyo and Osun States, which make up the South-west.
In a statement he personally signed and entitled, ‘On leaders Yoruba need’, the Alaafin cautioned President Goodluck Jonathan not to encourage such plan as it would amount to invitation of anarchy.

Besides, the foremost Yoruba traditional ruler faulted Nigeria’s federal structure, saying absence of true federalism had led to spate of violence and ethno-communal strife being witnessed these days.

He said such efforts in the 1960s by the administration of the late Prime Minister, Alhaji Tafawa Balewa, which declared a state of emergency in the then Western Region, led to the truncation of the Balewa government in 1966.
“It is, however, an unfortunate paradox of history that 50 years after the 1962 event, some people want to ‘celebrate’ its golden jubilee by recasting the same play in the political theatre of the country. It is true but normal for some people to be uncomfortable with their sudden loss of power in the South-west but they do not have to be restive about it.

“By the time some politicians within the opposition groups are threatening to make some states, specifically Osun, ungovernable for a legitimate government, something must be certainly wrong. The old Western Region was made ungovernable because of the impediment created on the floor of the House of Assembly at the instance of the Federal Government of the time by which the House could not have a peaceful session,” Alaafin stated.

He warned the president not to support a situation where some opposition politicians, instead of testing their popularity at the polls, would want to use the federal might to thwart the wishes of the electorate.
“My fatherly advice to those in authorities at the federal level and especially our amiable president, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, is to learn from the mistakes of his very illustrious predecessor, Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, by resisting any temptation to take the ‘west by all means.’

“The situation by which members of the ruling party at the centre but opposition in their respective states should beckon at the Big Daddy government to help in destabilising their respective home governments should not be encouraged or even tolerated,” he added.

Alaafin picked holes in the recent security report on Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, where he was alleged to be planning to Islamise his state, saying nothing of such could happen in any state in South-west.
“Yoruba is not only the most cosmopolitan race in the country but the most accommodating, socially and most secular in religious tolerance. For instance, the eastern part of Yorubaland, i.e. Ekiti and Ondo States, are predominantly Christian in composition. But that predominance does not give any advantage over the Muslim few as they may be in terms of rights, freedom and privileges.

“In the same vein, the central and western Yoruba are dominated by Muslims but without in anyway inhibiting the Christians’ access to rights and privileges. There is hardly any family in Yoruba land where you do not have Muslims and Christians co-habiting peacefully. So, to say that any governor of the South-west is trying to Islamise or Christianise any state is not only cheap blackmail but dirty politics,” Alaafin said.
On true federalism, Oba Adeyemi raised the alarm that the situation was being worsened by the day, leading to fear, anxiety and confusion in the polity.

“The reality of true federalism is that we should always put, as our guiding principle and at the back of our minds, the fact that we are peoples of different backgrounds and no attempt should be made to feign a common culture by an executive fiat. For the more we attempt that, the more fear we create in the minds of the local populace and the more confusion we create in the polity.

“What we practise at the moment is a situation in which the stronger you are, the higher your propensity to swallow the others. For just as the federal is trying to reduce the state into irrelevance, so also is the state reducing the local government to complete caricature. And as our people say when two elephants fight, it is grass that suffers; the grass in this context being the people.

“In summary, I want to state that the purpose of federalism is to enhance the confidence of the people. But once federalism is adulterated, what we have is no more confidence but fear. Hence, what we hear nowadays is fear of marginalisation from the minorities, religious crisis etc.,” the Alaafin stated.

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/newsonthehour/2012/may/16/newsbreak-16-05-2012-001.html

Well said.

Kabiyesi ooooo! Wonderful article and very well articulated. Let all the miscreants targeting Osun state hear this now. Our Oba has spoken. . We will only accept peace in SW. Anything short of that will come with total arnachy, plus serious trouble for trouble makers. Lets get the ball rolling. Pity PDP.

@ op. Can you just shut up.

Alaafin shouldn't warn them.. We all know what the Igbos suffered the last time they tried it in 1962...

This time, the whole Ijaw race will bear the brunt, from Warri to Yenagoe..

Oba Adeyemi has spoken.

Very articulate and well-stated! It's just a pity that people like this man were not elected but dumbslippers Jona-Bottom was rigged in! Well, we will be here and see how his Otueke folks will be buying gas for N 250!

^^

This same useless Yoruba Oba will collect brown envelope from Jonathan and sell his people for a mound of amala. We have not forgotten how he sold Abiola to Abacha. Decrepit Oba of gullible people

docokwy: ^^

This same useless Yoruba Oba will collect brown envelope from Jonathan and sell his people for a mound of amala. We have not forgotten how he sold Abiola to Abacha. Decrepit Oba of gullible people

He was referring to dogs and baboons like you. We are waiting for the promised epic battle between you animals, but please stay away from Yorubaland.

Aigbofa:

He was referring to dogs and baboons like you. We are waiting for the promised epic battle between you animals, but please stay away from Yorubaland.

The Oba's face looks like a baboon's, and so are the faces of most of your men, including you. Ugly mofos. Just wait, you will soon see the Oba selling yall off. Buncha anuofias.

docokwy:

The Oba's face looks like a baboon's, and so are the faces of most of your men, including you. Ugly mofos. Just wait, you will soon see the Oba selling yall off. Buncha anuofias.

It is obvious you cannot fault the Oba's message, what then is left for a non thinking animal, other than to do what comes naturally to him, which is to attack.

docokwy, why dont you keep your mouth shut, is it a Yoruba king, you are openly your mouth to talk to like that. You are lucky it is over the internet.


As Jonathan not seen the satellite pictures.. And you think Yorubas will be stupid to vote for Jonathan Goodluck... We are going to present a Yoruba person to run that is if we dont break up Nigeria before 2015,. Jonathan Goodluck is not in the books of the Yoruba people and will never be. if they dont break up Nigeria before 2015.. It is not if the army dont take over from him.

Or do you think ACN will return to power in Yoruba again, if the issue of the satellite pictures is not address. No single ACN Or PDP will return back to power if the issue of the satellite pictures is not resolve. Or have you seen the ACN too address the issue at the national assembly.. NO. it show the ACN is weak. as the PDP..

Look no politician in Yorubaland will return back to power if the issue of the satellite pictures is not address either is in the ACN or PDP. Do you think Yoruba people are fools.

No satellite pictures issue. NO PDP , NO ACN.. that is what is going to happen..
You have to know Yoruba people well. And 1983 election..

Aigbofa:

It is obvious you cannot fault the Oba's message, what then is left for a non thinking animal, other than to do what comes naturally to him, which is to attack.

Your useless Oba has no message. He is only seeking attention. Same way he sought and Abacha granted him on condition that he delivered Abiola's head which he did gleefully. Get a brain and stop being brainwashed.

Aigbofa:

He was referring to dogs and baboons like you. We are waiting for the promised epic battle between you animals, but please stay away from Yorubaland.

Roflmao

Aigbofa:

It is obvious you cannot fault the Oba's message, what then is left for a non thinking animal, other than to do what comes naturally to him, which is to attack.

Lmaoooooo hhahahahahahaha

docokwy: ^^

This same useless Yoruba Oba will collect brown envelope from Jonathan and sell his people for a mound of amala. We have not forgotten how he sold Abiola to Abacha. Decrepit Oba of gullible people

Another insecure, inferior and paranoid SOB leeching on any post that does not glorify the usual empty chest beating everyone sees here! LOL, just keel over and die already!

The article is right on point. This is the reason why you see me going haywire concerning anything south west. Thank God the Oba is repeating what I have been saying over the months. A strong warning should be sent to PDP vultures and animals thinking rigging or smuggling boko haram to south west would help them. Let the paid PDP animals be shouting Osun this, Aregbesola that, we are going to sink the whole country should they try their nonsense.

My south western folks should understand that it is all about south west and nothing more.