Sunday Igboho, Yoruba Political activist has said Yoruba is no longer part of Nigeria as he accuses President Muhammadu Buhari of nepotism.
Igboho said at a press conference in Ibadan on Wednesday that the Yorubas supported “a wrong leader” who only considers Fulani in key positions.
In a video of the event that has gone viral, Igboho speaking in Yoruba, said all the borders will be opened, while lamenting that major institutions in the south-west are headed by people of Fulani origin.
Igboho said the Yorubas cannot be slaves in their own land, adding that they “are no longer interested in being part of Nigeria”.
“We no longer have peace in our home. We have a good country but our leaders are bad. We don’t want them again. After this discussion, we will hold meeting and open our borders so that rice, food and other things can enter easily. Enough is enough. All our borders that Nigerian government closed, we are telling them we are no longer under them, we will go and open the borders. We are ready for everything they want to do to us. I am speaking on behalf of Yoruba people”.
The youth leader said the Yoruba are now united and with traditional rulers backing them. He also dared any traditional ruler that is against his own people to declare it publicly.
“Some people can say that Yorubas are not united, we are united. If you want to know how united we are, touch one of us, you will know that all Yoruba kings are behind us,” he added.
Igboho also asked the Yorubas in the north to return home and end their “suffering”.
According to him, all critical federal agencies, especially the Tin Can Ports in Apapa and other maritime infrastructure, are controlled by the north.
Adeyemo had gained media fame when he gave Fulani herdsmen a seven-day ultimatum to vacate Oyo, a campaign he later expanded to cover the entire Yorubaland.
Speaking in Yoruba language, he said, “Why are we being slaves in our fathers’ land, why are we being enslaved in our own land? The people that call themselves senators and leaders will be going in traffic and see four and five year olds selling popcorn and puff-puff and they will buy and eat, have you seen that they are not worthy to be called leaders, therefore we reject them as leaders. The Yorubas that are everywhere are larger than most countries,” calling on “the global community and the United Nations to come and separate the Yoruba from the rest of Nigeria.
Threatening that the non-separation of the zone from Nigeria may lead to war, the activist said the UN needs to intervene, noting that “As it stands now, we are no longer under Nigeria. If they don’t intervene, it will go beyond control. We have gone beyond the point where we keep quiet, we are no longer scared to voice out”.
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