Laide Raheem, Abeokuta
A gaggle, Oodua Motion Motion (OAM) has referred to as on President Muhammadu Buhari, to instantly start the method for an autonomous Yoruba nation as a federating unit in Nigeria, as granted the Southwest Area earlier than and after independence in 1960.
The group, talking by way of its International Coordinator, Demola Edward, throughout a press briefing in Abeokuta, on the weekend, stated it had noticed steadily the continual degeneration of the nation, therefore, it calls for for an “autonomous Yoruba Nation”.
The Motion, which didn’t difficulty an ultimatum to President Buhari, nonetheless, declared that it reserved the best to actualise an autonomous, self-determining and self-governing nation for the Yoruba area, if the federal authorities fails to grant its request.
Edward, who described the OAM as “a gaggle of dedicated and resilient Yoruba individuals with over 2,000 members in additional than 20 international locations”, posited that the current “unitary construction” of Nigeria had inhibited the nation’s development and prospects, noting the group was able to work with the federal authorities to a obtain the mission “with peace and due respect to different ethnic models inside the Nigeria entity”.
The group additional referred to as on different ethnic teams, particularly within the northern area, to problem the established order and demand the identical autonomy for a affluent Nigeria federation.
Whereas declaring that it ready to make use of all “authorized and peaceable means” inside the confines of worldwide legal guidelines and norms to actualise an autonomous Yoruba Nation, OAM urged organisations, commerce unions, pupil teams, conventional leaders and elders, to hitch the motion in its wrestle for a self-governing area.
“We demand President Muhammadu Buhari to instantly start the method for an autonomous Yoruba nation as a federating unit in Nigeria, as granted the southwest area earlier than and after independence in 1960. Ought to the Nigerian authorities fails to grant our request, we reserve the best to actualise an autonomous, self-governing and self-determining nation for the Yoruba area.
“We name on the United Nations, the federal government of the US of America, the British authorities, the African Union, the European Union, the Group of Seven (G7) and different worldwide authorities and establishments, to intervene and rescue the Yoruba individuals – a nation of over 60 million individuals – from slavery, biased subjugation, perpetual poverty and eventual ethnic cleaning.
“We’re peace loving and really resourceful individuals; it’s our utmost want to proceed to reside in peace inside or with out Nigeria, and among the many peoples of Africa and the world usually”. The group said.
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