Ilana Omo Oodua, the umbrella body for Yoruba Nation
self-determination agitation, has clarified that Yoruba Nation agitators would
stop the upcoming governorship election in the South-West through legal means.
This was contained in a statement to react to the
controversies that greeted the New Year message one of its leaders, Prof. Banji
Akintoye, on social media.
The statement was signed by the spokesperson for Ilana Omo
Oodua Worldwide, Maxwell Adeleye, on Sunday.
Akintoye had threatened that the agitators would not allow
election to hold in South-West, insisting the referendum must be granted for a
Yoruba Nation.
Part of the statement read, “For clarity purpose, the
decision to boycott and do everything within the ambits of the law to stop the
Osun and Ekiti States 2022 Governorship Elections was taken by the Congress of
Ilana Omo Oodua on 22nd December 2021.
“Our argument is that with a valid constitution force majure
and notice of constitution grievance already declared in line with the United
Nations and African Union Charters on People’s Right which Nigeria is a
signatory to, the 1999 constitution which the Nigerian Government wants to use
to conduct the Osun and Ekiti State Elections has already been invalidated.
“Notwithstanding our
position, we resolved to approach the courts within the jurisdictions of Ekiti
and Osun States to put our democracy into test by demanding a declaration that
there’s indeed a constitutional dispute in Nigeria and as such, the elections
in Ekiti and Osun states should not be conducted, hence the basis of the
declaration from Professor Banji Akintoye that “there ‘ll be no Governorship
elections in Osun and Ekiti States in 2022”.
“We are just trying to explore the Constitutional avenue in
the fight for our inalienable right to self-determination.
“Anyone perpetrating or planning violence is not one of us.
We want to assure that if we lose in the Nigerian Courts, we shall take our
case to the ECOWAS Court or the International Court of Justice. It is no
retreat, no surrender.”
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