Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo, says the state will not
secede from Nigeria, adding that the advocates of Oduduwa Republic are
politicians who lost out on power.
Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, a
self-acclaimed Yoruba activist, had last week declared Yoruba as a separate
nation and demanded the secession of the south-west states from Nigeria.
Commenting on Monday, Akeredolu said Ondo people have chosen
to stay in Nigeria.
The governor cautioned those behind the Oduduwa Republic agenda, urging them to allow all stakeholders to discuss before imposing their thoughts on the Yoruba people.
He said no part of Ondo state will permit any gathering or
agitation which may suggest, however remotely, that the people are in support
of what he termed “unthinking rabble-rousing”.
The governor said the state will not subscribe to banditry
and recklessness in putting forth its demands.
He said the right of citizens to discuss, agitate and fight
to right perceived wrongs must be done within known and acceptable parameters.
Akeredolu said: “We will not be led to assured annihilation
by anyone or a group of people, still smarting from the electoral defeats of
recent times and presumed exclusion from the process of decision-making.
“Our people are knowledgeable enough to determine their
interest at any point. If and when they consider self-determination as an
option, they will not depend on external promptings to act. That is why we are
different. That is why we are who we are.”
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