A fresh crisis has engulfed secessionist agitators in
Southern Nigeria and the Middle Belt as one of the arrowhead of the
self-determination coalition, Prof Banji Akintoye, resigned as the Chairman of
the coalition known as the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for
Self-Determination.
NINAS was the umbrella body of self-determination groups in
the South and Middle Belt Regions of Nigeria with Ilana Omo Oodua representing
the Yoruba bloc, Lower Niger Congress representing the South East and South
South, and the Middle-Belt Rennaissance Movement representing the Middle-Belt
Region.
Akintoye, who accused some leaders of NINAS of having
objectives which conflicts with self-determination, said his resignation was
with immediate effect.
In a statement on Tuesday, Akintoye and 44 other leaders said it is very imperative for the Yoruba bloc to quit the alliance in order to preserve the integrity and reputation of the Yoruba Nation agitation for self-determination.
The statement was titled, ‘South/Middle Belt Alliance:
Akintoye Resigns as Chairman, as Ilana Omo Oodua Quits NINAS’.
The statement read in part, “In the light of the current
development in the Yoruba Self-Determination struggle, especially, in Ilana Omo
Oodua, it has become very necessary for the Yoruba people to dissociate
themselves from the Alliance known as NINAS with immediate effect.
“It is our well-considered opinion that some of those we
align with in NINAS do not want the kind of self-determination that we the
Yoruba people want.
“Therefore, we the leadership of Ilana Omo Oodua, wish to
inform the general public that the Yoruba Bloc under the leadership of Ilana
Omo Oodua Worldwide has moved out of the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities
Alliance for Self-Determination with immediate effect in order to safeguard the
integrity and honour of our agitation for Self-Determination.
“We thank the Leader
of LNC, Mr. Tony Nnadi, for his inputs to the NINAS struggle since inception.
However, it is now obvious to most people in the Yoruba Self-Determination
struggle that the LNC is not working in tandem with our objective in Ilana Omo
Oodua.
“The implication of this development is that the prestigious
leadership that Professor Adebanji Stephen Akintoye, has provided for NINAS as
Chairman since inception has now come to an end from today Tuesday 30th
November, 2021.
“Furthermore, Ilana Omo Oodua hereby withdraw its membership
of NINAS with immediate effect. All the Yoruba People Worldwide that believe in
the agitation for Yoruba Nation Self-Determination at home and abroad are, by
this statement, notified to comply.
“We are, however, pleased to inform you that a more
productive Wide-Alliance to be known as the South and Middle-Belt People’s
Sovereign Movement will be officially inaugurated after the completion of the
ongoing consultations with likeminds across the South and Middle-Belt Regions.”
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