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Yoruba Elders Disclose Final Decision on Igboho’s Secession Bid

The Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE) has disassociated itself from the call of secession by popular Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo well known as Sunday Igboho.
The YCE Secretary-General, Kunle Olajide, said Nigeria would be stronger if it remained as a unit.

The Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE) has disassociated itself from the call of secession by popular Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo well known as Sunday Igboho.

Igboho had recently said Yoruba is no longer part of Nigeria, calling on the Yoruba people in the north to go back home.

Speaking with newsmen on Wednesday, the YCE Secretary-General, Kunle Olajide, said Nigeria would be stronger if it remained as a unit.

Olajide added that the Yoruba people had invested so much in Nigeria’s formation and unity, stressing that it would be unwise for them to seek secession.

“It is his (Igboho’s) personal desire but the present circumstances in our nation do not favour and will not make it achievable, and the fact that Yorubas have invested so much in the unity of this country and in the making of Nigeria. The tribe cannot choose to opt-out without any adequate plans.

“I am not aware that the Yoruba nation or citizenship has given a mandate to anybody to desire their extinction from this country. So it is not a decision that can be taken by an individual or a group of individuals.

“Anybody who is familiar with the history of Nigeria will know that we have been together for over 100 years, even before the British came and we have Yorubas all over the country just as we have other Nigerians everywhere.

“It is not something that you can declare by fiat. In any case, our diversity in this country and our population are our strengths. Fragmentation and dismemberment of this country cannot be in the best interest of anybody,” the YCE Secretary-General said.