Temidayo Akinsuyi, Lagos

Yinka Odumakin, National Publicity Secretary of Afenifere on Wednesday said no army can suppress Yorubas when they have chosen to fight as a last resort.


Speaking in an exclusive interview with Daily Independent, Odumakin was responding to a claim by Junaid Mohammed, a Second Republic lawmaker who said Afenifere leaders will be the first to flee when war starts in Nigeria.

Odumakin said Yorubas are civilised people who engaged in all forms of dialogue but will choose war as a last resort.

“Alhaji Junaid Mohammed is a very educated man. I know him very well and we have sat together for discussions. He is a very brilliant mind but he is talking like an ignorant person. Yorubas will run for war? The last civil war they created in Biafra, who are the people who won the war? Benjamin Adekunle popularly called Black Scorpion, Olusegun Obasanjo, Alani Akinrinade and Alabi Isama”.

“ All the soldiers that Murtala Mohammed took to war, was it not in the river that he perished them? So, what is Junaid talking about? When his ancestors were bringing wars to Yorubaland, what happened in Osogbo?”

“ Yorubas are not ruffians, hooligans, marauders or terrorists. Yorubas will not fight as a first resort. Yorubas fight when there is no other option left. We fight as a last resort. Then when we decide to fight, woe betides whoever stands on the way. Even when internal saboteurs forced Yorubas to act, it is very decisive”.

“They should go and study ‘Westie’, Ondo 1983 and June 12. During the June 12 struggle, a first-class monarch in Yorubaland escaped being burnt alive in Lagos here. That is Yorubas for you when they are pushed to the wall. But they will try every other option. They will try national conference, national dialogue, national summit, even if General Abdulsalami summons them to Minna, they are ready to go”.

“They will do every other thing. It is only when there is no other choice to make than to fight, that is when they fight. But when they are ready to fight, no army can suppress them” he said.

https://www.independent.ng/no-army-can-stop-yorubas-when-they-are-ready-to-fight-odumakin/

What makes a man a Yoruba man is the ability to shout "aaahhhhh, emmmmiiiiiii" in the face of confrontation.

Is it true IBB said if he hears Yorubas want to fight, he will go back and sleep?

hisexcellency34:
Is it true IBB said if he hears Yorubas want to fight, he will go back and sleep?

Fabricated by the people below

Yoruba wey like quarrel pass fight.

hisexcellency34:
Is it true IBB said if he hears Yorubas want to fight, he will go And buy sleeping tablet then he'll go back and sleep?

Fixed.

everyday same story. We will declare war, we won't go to war without killing everybody but need a push, Yoruba land is under siege, where is aare kakanfo, we will attack the fulani with opc. The gentle gait of a lion is not an act of cowardice. We fought biafran war and defeated biafra. Yoruba land can never succumb to external oppression etc..


Story story.......... Story.

I think the only sets of people who the Hausa and Fulani oligarchy are afraid of in Nigeria are the Yoruba people and the Niger Delta. As for me, they're the ones who can boldly start a war before other southern tribes may gather liver to join.

kettykin:

I just pray one day Yorubas muster the liver and declare war , they failed to when Abiola was captured and jailed , they failed again when Obasanjo was imprisoned and they failed again when Awolowo was jailed, failed again when June 12 was annulled , failed again when Abiola was murdered. Again they failed when Fasoranti's daughter was murdered .

I'm not even hoping for a war, though I want Nigeria to divide. In several of the instances you mentioned, there were no tribal undertones. When Awolowo and Obasanjo were arrested, were there no Hausa, Igbos and Niger Deltan heavyweight politicians also arrested? When Obasanjo arrested al Mustapha, did the north start a war?

Anytime I see two Yorubas exchanging confrontations that would leads to physical fight, I will just be laughing and having pitting at the people watching their entertainments....


Don't waste your time thinking Yorubas would fight at provocation because they can fear for life....

YES!... You're right sir. We're are very brave sir. Comfirm!

Yoruba will fight when pushed to the wall

IBB turned Local man staring at the statement he made about these people like...

Be like say these set of people want make I declare an upgraded version of the statement I made about them some years ago...

Daviddson:
I think the only sets of people who the Hausa and Fulani oligarchy are afraid of in Nigeria are the Yoruba people and the Niger Delta. As for me, they're the ones who can boldly start a war before other southern tribes may gather liver to join.

Say something intelligent bro..
Even some Yorubas on this forum will be angry with you because this your comment will attract more mockery and insults to them.

Afonja !! And mouth

The last civil war they created in Biafra, who are the people who won the war? Benjamin Adekunle popularly called Black Scorpion, Olusegun Obasanjo, Alani Akinrinade and Alabi Isama”.

this is one reason why i pray this people will make a mistake and declare war one day in Nigeria over the fulani killings of their leaders

Daviddson:
I think the only sets of people who the Hausa and Fulani oligarchy are afraid of in Nigeria are the Yoruba people and the Niger Delta. As for me, they're the ones who can boldly start a war before other southern tribes may gather liver to join.

I just pray one day Yorubas muster the liver and declare war , they failed to when Abiola was captured and jailed , they failed again when Obasanjo was imprisoned and they failed again when Awolowo was jailed, failed again when June 12 was annulled , failed again when Abiola was murdered. Again they failed when Fasoranti's daughter was murdered .

kettykin:


this is one reason why i pray this people will make a mistake and declare war one day in Nigeria over the fulani killings of their leaders

Yoruba will never ever declare war no matter the level of provocation.. Quote me anywhere . Fight who?.. Fulanis ?

With who ?


Its unfortunate that there is absolutely nothing they can do, just press statement. Hiding under sophistication and calculative to exhibit cowardice.


Apart from nairaland news, the killings that are going on in that region is terrible.. The media is media is only reporting few.

IBB will smile if he sees this thread

Is that so?

kettykin:


this is one reason why i pray this people will make a mistake and declare war one day in Nigeria over the fulani killings of their leaders

nairavsdollars:
Temidayo Akinsuyi, Lagos

Yinka Odumakin, National Publicity Secretary of Afenifere on Wednesday said no army can suppress Yorubas when they have chosen to fight as a last resort.


Speaking in an exclusive interview with Daily Independent, Odumakin was responding to a claim by Junaid Mohammed, a Second Republic lawmaker who said Afenifere leaders will be the first to flee when war starts in Nigeria.

Odumakin said Yorubas are civilised people who engaged in all forms of dialogue but will choose war as a last resort.

“Alhaji Junaid Mohammed is a very educated man. I know him very well and we have sat together for discussions. He is a very brilliant mind but he is talking like an ignorant person. Yorubas will run for war? The last civil war they created in Biafra, who are the people who won the war? Benjamin Adekunle popularly called Black Scorpion, Olusegun Obasanjo, Alani Akinrinade and Alabi Isama”.

“ All the soldiers that Murtala Mohammed took to war, was it not in the river that he perished them? So, what is Junaid talking about? When his ancestors were bringing wars to Yorubaland, what happened in Osogbo?”

“ Yorubas are not ruffians, hooligans, marauders or terrorists. Yorubas will not fight as a first resort. Yorubas fight when there is no other option left. We fight as a last resort. Then when we decide to fight, woe betides whoever stands on the way. Even when internal saboteurs forced Yorubas to act, it is very decisive”.

“They should go and study ‘Westie’, Ondo 1983 and June 12. During the June 12 struggle, a first-class monarch in Yorubaland escaped being burnt alive in Lagos here. That is Yorubas for you when they are pushed to the wall. But they will try every other option. They will try national conference, national dialogue, national summit, even if General Abdulsalami summons them to Minna, they are ready to go”.

“They will do every other thing. It is only when there is no other choice to make than to fight, that is when they fight. But when they are ready to fight, no army can suppress them” he said.
https://www.independent.ng/no-army-can-stop-yorubas-when-they-are-ready-to-fight-odumakin/

Tell them!

Many regard this as an art of cowardice!

It is always said that before you start a war, count the costs!

Reminds me of Sagamu 1999!

Drunk talk

pinkPUSSY:


Yoruba will never ever declare war no matter the level of provocation.. Quote me anywhere . Fight who?.. Fulanis ?

Who will they align with?
The same people they call flat heads ?


There is absolutely nothing they can do, just press statement.


Apart from nairaland news, the killings that are going on in that region is terrible.. The media is media is only covering few.

So, Yoruba called Igbo then to fight Fulani in Oshogbo? Yoruba had their military outfit before colonization which defended their territory. Do never think Yoruba cautiousness as be cowardice.

Yorubas are very calculative.
US has the strongest military yet it doesn't fight battles any how.
Iran shot down US drone recently,US didn't declare war because of this provocative act from Iran.
It's good to be driven by sense rather than emotion.

Mumu how many protests you have lead before.

stefanbanach:
What makes a man a Yoruba man is the ability to shout "aaahhhhh, emmmmiiiiiii" in the face of confrontation.

And that was enough to vanquish the igbos ? Too bad !

Ojoji:


So, Yoruba called Igbo then to fight Fulani in Oshogbo? Yoruba had their military outfit before colonization which defended their territory. Do never think Yoruba cautiousness as be cowardice.

if that is the case then declare war over the fulani invasion of the South West , what on earth are you wiating for , until fulani put an emirate in lagos or what.

Daviddson:
I think the only sets of people who the Hausa and Fulani oligarchy are afraid of in Nigeria are the Yoruba people and the Niger Delta. As for me, they're the ones who can boldly start a war before other southern tribes may gather liver to join.

Nothing can be truer.
They have no respect for igbos at all and i wonder why.

longestey:
Anytime I see two Yorubas exchanging confrontations that would leads to physical fight, I will just be laughing and having pitting at the people watching their entertainments....


Don't waste your time thinking Yorubas would fight at provocation because they can fear for life....

It shows they are more sensible than you by not wanting to kill each other.

Yeah,yeah.

pinkPUSSY:


Say something intelligent bro..
Even some Yorubas on this forum will be angry with you because this your comment will attract more mockery and insults to them.

Sick is the word.