The youths resisted the Elders’s agitations for regionalism and restructuring of the country, insisting that they would not relinquish their demand for the actualization of a separate country for the Yorubas in Nigeria.
Besides, they said they are tired of the shithole
country called Nigeria, saying that what they want to hear is an Independent
Yoruba country and nothing else.
The Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE) stirred mixed
reactions when it announced its support for the federal government’s
restructuring, regionalism, and true federalism programme.
The Yoruba Council of Elders described the Yoruba
Self-Determination Movement’s (YSDM) statement on their stance on the autonomy
of the Yoruba Nation as unacceptable.
However, the Yoruba National Youths, Home and
Diaspora, re-echoed their call for Yoruba Nation Autonomy, saying they are more
determined than ever to proceed with the Yoruba Nation’s self-determination
agenda without distraction.
In a statement issued by the Yoruba National Youth
Leader Diaspora, Prophet Ayodele Ologunloluwa and Comrade Oyegunle Oluwamayowa
Omotoyole [Omayor]] homebase faulted the Elders Council’s position, describing
them as sell-outs.
“We believe their comments are based on ignorance of
the issue at hand, and we forgive their naivety but let it be known to them
that we are resolute and dedicated in our desire for a sovereign Yoruba Nation
separate from Nigeria.
They went on: “We see anyone talking about
restructuring as an enemy of Yoruba Land, the enemy of the progress of Yoruba
people, and all our Ancestors will destroy them and their generation; we are
putting their names on the record, and we will come for them.
“Are they deaf when the northerners said that Nigeria
is their father’s estate and they want to take all the lands? We, the Youths of
Yoruba land, are saying no to restructuring, no to one Nigeria, no to Fulani in
our land; we are coming for all the Fulani in our land; they must go back to
their land; we don’t want to see any Fulani on our land anymore. Enough of
Fulani agenda on our land. We call on our Ancestors, Sango, Ogun, Oranmiyan,
Obatala, Osun, and all the Irumole(s), to kill and destroy all the enemies of
Yorubaland.
“We, the Yoruba Youths, are firmly behind and
supporting Professor Banji Akintoye, a Yoruba self-determination advocate who
believes that we must have a Yoruba nation that will guarantee the speed and
monumental development of the Yoruba Land.
“Why should we Yorubas suffocate in the name of forced
unity in Nigeria when we can divide this country in peace, they noted
They said they discovered that they gained nothing
from being part of Nigeria but lost a lot by remaining there.
The youths urged all Yoruba indigenes at home and in
the diaspora to support the ongoing efforts towards liberating Yorubaland.
They, therefore, commended all the traditional rulers
in Yorubaland for Supporting their aspirations and vowed to deploy all means to
ensure the realization of their dreams.