”Yoruba nation agitators on their own” – Gov.Akeredolu
The South-West All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains have kicked against agitations for secession across the nation.
The stakeholders, in a meeting yesterday in Lagos, said a united and peaceful Nigeria should remain the pursuit of all well-meaning leaders.
The meeting was attended by the National Leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; South-West governors, Reps. Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila and other stakeholders.
A communiqu at the end of the meeting signed by former Interim National Chairman of the APC, Chief Bisi Akande, also endorsed the ban on open grazing by Southern Governors in their recent Asaba meeting.
In the same vein, Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu stated that while he acknowledges the right of individuals and groups to hold peaceful rallies, it must not be misconstrued to mean support for secessionist agenda and or balkanisation of the nation.
According to a press statement issued by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Richard Olatunde, the governor said such insinuations were far away from the truth.
He further said that he neither believes, nor supports the quest for the Yoruba nation outside of Nigeria in the manner canvassed, saying, “Governor Akeredolu stands by a virile, united and indivisible Nigeria as demanded by the Southern Governors’ Forum.
Recall that some group of persons who held a rally under the cover of what they term ‘secessionist agitations’ in Akure, on Saturday, erroneously claimed to have had his support for the rally.
