Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, has expressed that if Nigeria is unable to function as a united country, the different ethnic groups should be permitted to go their separate ways.
In a video shared on Thursday, Igboho, seen at a UK airport,
blamed corruption and insecurity for why many Nigerians no longer take pride in
their citizenship.
He added that Yoruba youths, enriched by global exposure,
are eager to transform the Yoruba nation into a modern, prosperous society like
those in Europe.
His words: “Even inside the airport, there is no security.
They can steal your belongings inside your bag (in Nigerian airports). All
these are the things dissuading people from being proud of the country,
Nigeria.
“Things like that make us sad to identify ourselves as
Nigerians. This is why we advocate for separation. If Nigeria is not working as
a country, it is better we go our separate ways.
“Our (Yoruba) youths will transform Yoruba nation. Most of
them have travelled across the world and they have learned a lot. If they come
back to Yoruba land, the knowledge will help them build it and transform the
nation like those in Europe.”
This is not the first time Igboho has called for the
breakaway of Yoruba people from Nigeria.
In April 2024, Igboho, alongside Pro Banji Akintoye and Ola
Ademola from the Yoruba Self-Determination Movement, wrote a letter to
President Tinubu, urging him to establish a negotiation team to discuss the
Yoruba people’s exit from Nigeria.
The letter reads in part: “We are acting for and on behalf
of our 60 million Yoruba people of the Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, and Oyo
States, respectively, plus the Yoruba Local Government Areas of Kogi and Kwara
State, and plus the Itshekiri homeland of Delta State, all together
constituting the Yorubaland in Nigeria, hereby most humbly place our crowning
request before Your Excellency as follows:
“That the Nigerian Federal Government shall, within the next
two months, but not later than June 15, 2024, inform us Yoruba
Self-determination Movement that the Nigerian Federal Government has graciously
agreed to our proposal for negotiation and that they have set up a negotiation
team that will meet and have a dialogue with our Yoruba Nation’s negotiation
team.
“That the Nigerian Federal Government shall invite the
United Nations, African Union and the Economic Community of West African
States, to send observers to the negotiation meetings.”
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