The Yoruba Self-Determination Movement, led by Prof Banji Akintoye and Chief Sunday Adeyemo, alias Sunday Igboho, has written an open letter to President Bola Tinubu, seeking a peaceful breakaway of Yoruba people from Nigeria.

The open letter, dated April 17, 2024, was signed by both Akintoye, Igboho and one Ola Ademola.

They called on the President to within the next two months set up a negotiation team to negotiate the exit of the Yoruba people from Nigeria.

The letter by the Yoruba Nation arrowheads came about a week after some armed agitators invaded the Oyo State Government House, attempting to hoist their flag on the premises of the state House of Assembly.

The agitators were subdued and 29 of them were last week taken before a magistrates’ court in Ibadan, which ordered that they should be remanded in the prison custody.

Both Akintoye and Igboho dissociated themselves from the violent action.

However, in their open letter made available to our correspondent in Ibadan on Sunday, the Yoruba Self-Determination Movement, said, “We have the honour to send to Your Excellency this important letter on behalf of the many millions of Yoruba people at home in Yorubaland in Nigeria and in the Yoruba Diaspora in almost all countries across the world.

“We send this letter as a follow-up to our earlier letter, dated August 06, 2022, which we delivered to your predecessor, President Muhammadu Buhari, in his exalted position then as President of Nigeria.

“Since 2015, the Fulani have been killing widely among the other peoples of Nigeria, including us Yoruba, destroying farms, villages and other assets, kidnapping men, women and children, extorting large amounts of money as ransom from friends and family of the kidnapped, and repeatedly asserting their intention to seize the homelands of all the indigenous peoples of Nigeria for the purpose of turning all into a Fulani homeland.”

The group said in the Middle Belt, horrendous blood-letting was going on with many families forced into Internally Displaced People Camps while many of their villages were seized by the Fulani and renamed as Fulani villages.

“In our Yoruba homeland, our people are resisting somewhat better, but the Fulani attacks and killings and kidnappings are unrelenting and are coming daily, leading to horrific instability, and forcing most of our farmers to abandon farming altogether, thereby dooming Yoruba people to years and years of famine.”

It further alleged that an unofficial estimate showed that Fulani had killed as many as 29,000 Yoruba people since 2015 till date, adding that aforementioned reasons were enough for them to seek breakaway from Nigeria.

“All these actions by the Fulani are, to us Yoruba, a sufficient reason for our seeking to separate our Yoruba Nation from Nigeria. Most of us, Yoruba have no confidence in the ‘restructuring’ that some of our most respected Yoruba leaders (such as our fathers in our highly exalted Afenifere) are advocating.

“And our reason is that we know that restructuring cannot keep the Fulani marauders away from our homeland. Since, after restructuring, the Fulani would still be Nigerians like us, and would still have full citizens’ rights to come in large numbers, and with weapons and intent to kill and destroy and seize land, to our homeland.

“The Fulani elite seem to be saying in effect that they intend to make Nigeria ungovernable for President Tinubu, and that they would never accept any official action of his.

“We are acting for and on behalf of our 60 million Yoruba people of the Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, and Oyo State, respectively, plus the Yoruba Local Government Areas of Kogi and Kwara State, and plus the Itshekiri homeland of Delta State, all together constituting the Yorubaland in Nigeria, hereby most humbly place our crowning request before Your Excellency as follows:

“That the Nigerian Federal Government shall, within the next two months, but not later than June 15, 2024, inform us Yoruba Self-determination Movement that the Nigerian Federal Government has graciously agreed to our proposal for negotiation and that they have set up a negotiation team that will meet and have a dialogue with our Yoruba Nation’s negotiation team.

“That the Nigerian Federal Government shall invite the United Nations, African Union and the Economic Community of West African States, to send observers to the negotiation meetings.”

It, therefore, promised to forward the list of its negotiation team to the government as soon as it received a message in response to its request for the negotiation.

Source: https://punchng.com/Igboho-Akintoye-write-Tinubu-demand-Yoruba-exit-from-Nigeria

Is it not yet time FG proscribe Yoruba nation as a terrorist group?

Awon ole meji, been deceiving the Yoruba since 2019 now when the Yoruba sovereignty has been achieved, Tinubu is looking for ways to highjack the Yoruba land again, He knows he will soon lose the presidency title. OLORUN KONI FUN YIN SE. Yoruba sovereignty will soon manifest in few weeks but not in your hand again Tinubu, Akintoye, Igboho, Traitors in disguise. No more slavery in Yoruba land.

Okay.

Zonefree:
Is it not yet time FG proscribe Yoruba nation as a terrorist group?

Even though they are not very bright people, but they have not started killing and murdering people like ESN/IPOB.

Federal government cannot and won't because the old Yoruba Nation which Tinubu disguisedly started to trick the north into getting power has turned to a real Nation now called Democratic Republic Of The Yoruba It has been established and will soon manifest. He's losing his grip on power, now looking for every way to highjack and put Yoruba under another slavery under him. God forbid.

Zonefree:
Is it not yet time FG proscribe Yoruba nation as a terrorist group?

chopnaira:

Even though they are not very bright people, but they have not started killing and murdering people like ESN/IPOB.

Red oil

God bless the emir of illorin 😂

I see ...

Zonefree:
Is it not yet time FG proscribe Yoruba nation as a terrorist group?

Did other agitators do this?

adenigga:



“That the Nigerian Federal Government shall invite the United Nations, African Union and the Economic Community of West African States, to send observers to the negotiation meetings.”

It, therefore, promised to forward the list of its negotiation team to the government as soon as it received a message in response to its request for the negotiation.

They are kidney themselves

helinues:
They are kidney themselves

Ehem ehem

Good morning

Now are you ready to find a job today?

Helinuesmybaby:


Ehem ehem

Good morning

Now are you ready to find a job today?

Don't start this nonsense trolling for years again this Monday morning.

Na God I take beg you

DatNiggaDaz:


Dis man.

You are crying to the Mods again

But you are the biggest troll ön Nairaland.

Go look for a job hellanuies

Stop switching monikers to revalidate yourself

Helinuesmybaby:
Red oil

God bless the emir of illorin 😂

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Hehehe! The glaring reality of this failed contraption called a country is becoming more clearer to everyone. The fundamental problem remains that Nigeria is a geographical contraption of diverse ethnic nationalities that are not ready to unite and function as one.

Nigeria is a failed entity because different irreconcilable worldviews of its ethnic multinationals especially with those who thinks it's their only inalienable right to conquer its as their fiefdom via ethno-religious supremacist dominance. Even Tinubu never believed in One Nigeria and yet his foolish supporters are quick to label critics as emergency lovers of Nigeria.

So Tinubu after realizing that he has failed, is using this group to cajole Nigerians especially the north to vote him back in 2027 ?
It e no go work

This is a welcomed development.


Black people, especially Nigerians need to start thinking of a way out of our collective quagmire by peacefully dividing all black nations made up of too many unfriendly tribes to make it easier to govern ourselves to communal prosperity starting with Nigeria.


Take a look at Europe, every country in Europe is made up of people of the same tribe, and they speak one language showing they are one unique people, which makes it easy to govern and progress. That is why Europe became the first developed continent on earth and that is why they remain the pillar of globalization and whatever you can think of. They didn't lump French people together with Germans and Greeks to form giant of Europe. Most European countries are less than 6 million people yet they are a country of their own.


Same applies to UK that forced us together. why cant we emulate these people than killing ourselves to remain one despite the glaring failure?


This our pretentious desire to be lumped together as one empty big-for-nothing nodowells deceiving ourselves as giant of Africa just because of our greed for mineral resources (crude oil) found in some regions is not helping us.


The time for Nigerians of our time to summon the courage and call it quits is fast approaching and we need to embrace it with peace.


If we are sincere to ourselves, we all know that with how Nigeria is arranged and with the too many unfriendly tribes joined together in Nigeria as one nation, Nigeria will never work to become a developed safe nation like most of us desire, so why are we deceiving ourselves just because we are scared to be on our own without free crude oil money to loot and share?


Crude oil is more of a curse in Africa than a Blessing. A lot of countries are excelling without crude oil money, let's stop being afraid of losing crude oil free money, believe me, if Nigeria divides peacefully, all the smaller countries that will emerge from it will do far better than today's one Nigeria.


I am glad the Yorubas are becoming honest and bold towards seeking for peaceful division of Nigeria, maybe with time, it will become a reality as two major tribes in Nigeria seek for secession at the same time.

helinues:


Don't start this nonsense trolling for years again this Monday morning.

Na God I take beg you8



Stop switching monikers to revalidate yourself

Switching monikers ?

Defending a fraudulent maladministration of mandate thieves has made you loose it bro.

Look for a job

See how he added yoru in other states and no one is talking, but if it was biafra that added igbo in other state, you'll see erectus screeming land grabing.

These Akintoye and Igboho are just common criminals. Come and leave Nigeria let's see.
Your dear country you fought to keep together.
You can never get that your Yoruba Nation.
We Igbos have realized we don't have enough space. We need the West to expand our territory.

You guys are just wasting the energy that you don't have.

E be like say prison dey hungry Igboho again

franchasofficia:
This is a welcomed development.


Black people, especially Nigerians need to start thinking of a way out of our collective quagmire by peacefully dividing all black nations made up of too many unfriendly tribes to make it easier to govern ourselves to communal prosperity starting with Nigeria.


Take a look at Europe, every country in Europe is made up of people of the same tribe, and they speak one language showing they are one unique people, which makes it easy to govern and progress. That is why Europe became the first developed continent on earth and that is why they remain the pillar of globalization and whatever you can think of. They didn't lump French people together with Germans and Greeks to form giant of Europe. Most European countries are less than 6 million people yet they are a country of their own.


Same applies to UK that forced us together. why cant we emulate these people than killing ourselves to remain one despite the glaring failure?


This our pretentious desire to be lumped together as one empty big-for-nothing nodowells deceiving ourselves as giant of Africa just because of our greed for mineral resources (crude oil) found in some regions is not helping us.


The time for Nigerians of our time to summon the courage and call it quits is fast approaching and we need to embrace it with peace.


If we are sincere to ourselves, we all know that with how Nigeria is arranged and with the too many unfriendly tribes joined together in Nigeria as one nation, Nigeria will never work to become a developed safe nation like most of us desire, so why are we deceiving ourselves just because we are scared to be on our own without free crude oil money to loot and share?


Crude oil is more of a curse in Africa than a Blessing. A lot of countries are excelling without crude oil money, let's stop being afraid of losing crude oil free money, believe me, if Nigeria divides peacefully, all the smaller countries that will emerge from it will do far better than today's one Nigeria.


I am glad the Yorubas are becoming honest and bold towards seeking for peaceful division of Nigeria, maybe with time, it will become a reality as two major tribes in Nigeria seek for secession at the same time.

You are dreaming. We die in one Nigeria together. You want to leave? Any well, nobody takes you guys serious.

Even if we get oduduwa Republic, nothing will change. Corruption and greediness will still persist in Yoruba land. Are people like Tinubu,fayoose,Dibu ojerinde,Dapo Abiodun, and all those yahoo boys scattered everywhere not Yorubas?

The only solution to our problem is a violent revolution after which the country will then reverts back to regional Federalism.

The best system of govt that is best for Nigeria is the UK type of system where the four home nations of Wales, England north Ireland and Scotland are economically independent but are politically answerable to the seat of power in London. That's how Nigerian shud be run. D major ethnic groups shud hv been independent home nations under d control of a parliamentary voted prime Minister.

Nigeria needs unbundling. I support Yoruba Nation inside a parliamentary run Nigeria

Helinuesmybaby:
Red oil

God bless the emir of illorin 😂

Beg him to insult his Yoruba Governors of Kwara so you can see who God has truly blessed with Power and given Control of Kwara to

Let's see how this goes

They are kidney themselves

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I'm hoping Nigeria breaks up within the next 4 years, peacefully. Because that appears to be the only gateway to peace and prosperity for the different regions. In a monoethnic nation of Hausa, nobody will scream tribal persecution when Ali Hamza is arrested for corruption. Same for Igbo, Yoruba, Ijaw, etc. Let's be like Europe. The very reason former Yugoslavia split into at least 6 countries.

COOOOOOOORECT AND IF TINUBU FAILS TO RETURN FULL AUTONOMOUS POLICING RESOURCING AND ELECTIONEERING STATUSES TO OUR 36 CONSTITUTIONAL STATES "KIA KIA".

Alright now.