Tag: Secession Agitations

Secessionists’ leader, Igboho takes Yoruba ‘nation’ agitation to UK

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Igboho takes Yoruba nation

…Submits petition to ‘Downing Street’ Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has taken his agitation for an independent Yoruba ‘nation’ to 10 Downing Street, the office of the British Prime Minister in London United Kingdom. Igboho reportedly submitted a petition to the UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer to consider the secessionist movement in Nigeria. According to reports, The ‘Yoruba Nation’ movement described the content of the petition as confidential, but sources claimed it revolved around the ‘Yoruba nation agitation’. Igboho, according to the report, submitted the…

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Secession: H’Reps proposes 25yr imprisonment, N10m fine for separatist agitators

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H'Reps proposes

…IPOB members, others risk jail terms The House of Representatives has introduced the Counter Subversion Bill 2024, which aims to impose stringent penalties on individuals involved in separatist agitations or actions that incite inter-group or sectional conflicts. According to the proposed legislation, anyone convicted of such offences could face a prison sentence of up to 25 years, a fine of N10 million, or both. The Bill’s explanatory memoranda state that the legislation seeks to criminalise subversive activities by a wide range of groups, including associations, organisations, militias, cults, bandits, and…

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IPOB demands referendum, says Igbo prepared to leave Nigeria

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IPOB demands

The Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), has sharply criticised those behind the “IgboMustGo” campaign in the South-West geo-political zone, insisting that it is time for a referendum to determine the Igbo’s exit from Nigeria. IPOB expressed disdain for the South-Western authorities’ dismissive attitude toward the campaign and asserted that the Igbo people are firmly established and unfazed by such threats. The group alleged that influential figures within the Lagos State and Federal governments are behind the “IgboMustGo” movement and cautioned Southerners to be wary of these actions in the South-West.…

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?Yoruba Elders reject agitation for Yoruba nation

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Yoruba Elders

The Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE), has said it is op­posed to idea of carving out Yoru­ba nation from Nigeria. The group, in a statement issued at the weekend, said it would rather commit to true federalism in Nigeria. The statement reads: “We have perused the document on the position of YSDM on the state of the nation and their views for the Yoruba race to be separated from Nigeria. The Yoruba Coun­cil of Elders remains firm in its position that the entity called and known as Nigeria should remain…

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“??Yoruba want to secede from Nigeria; we don’t want restructuring” – Prof. Akintoye

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Akintoye Yoruba nation

A prominent leader of the Yoruba secessionist movement, Professor Banji Akintoye, has countered leaders of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on restructuring, maintaining that the Yoruba want self-determination not restructuring. Akintoye who took the stance when he featured during a television programme yesterday, said the goal to achieve his Yoruba Nation dreams will surely come to pass. He argued that if restructuring is implemented, the same Fulani herders who have allegedly killed more than 29,000 Yoruba will remain in Nigeria and continue their atrocities. The Professor of history wondered why…

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Prof. Akintoye, Igboho, others writes Tinubu, seeks exit of Yorubas from Nigeria

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Yoruba nation

A group under the auspices of the Yoruba Self-Determination Movement, (YSDM), has written an open letter to President Bola Tinubu seeking a peaceful breakaway from Nigeria. The group, which described itself as leading figure in the self-determination struggle for a Yoruba sovereign State separate from Nigeria, said it is demanding to pull the Yoruba nation out of the present Nigeria through peaceful negotiations. In the letter made available to journalists during a press conference in Ibadan, Oyo State, at the weekend, and addressed to Tinubu, the group gave several reasons…

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After meeting Tinubu, Asari Dokubo to collect 1m signatures to lead a march supporting Igbos’ secession bid

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Former Niger Delta militant, Asari Dokubo, says he will lead a march supporting the Igbos’ bid to secede from Nigeria with over a million signatories from Nigerians across the country to the National Assembly. He made the remarks in an Instagram video recorded and shared by several social media platforms on Thursday. In the video, which had over 58,000 views, Dokubo stated: “Please, President Ahmed Tinubu, I am going to write to the signatories of over one million people all over Nigeria and march to the National Assembly to allow…

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“More than 90% of Yoruba are fed up with Nigeria”, Yoruba Council of Elders claim

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Senior Elders Forum of the Yoruba Council of Elders, yesterday, said more than 90 percent of people in the South-West geo-political zone are fed up with the “concoction called Nigeria”. The senior citizens, who spoke through the former National President of YCE, Col. Samuel Agbede (rtd) in an issued statement, noted that except for a negligible few who are eating mere “crumbs that fell from their masters’ table”, a greater percentage prefer to sit at a roundtable to renegotiate the amalgamation of Nigeria, which according to him has since expired.…

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Yoruba self-determination group to launch radio for promotion of agitation Jan, 1st 

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The apex body of Yoruba self-determination struggle, Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide, (IOOW), will formally unveil Radio Ijangbara as the official broadcast radio of the Yoruba self-determination Struggle on Sunday January 1st, 2023. According to a joint statement signed by the Chairman and General Secretary of the Group respectively, Professor Wale Adeniran and Dr. Tunde Amusat, the online radio shall be broadcasting live from Dubai, United Arab Emirate (UAE), and shall serve the interest of Yoruba Self-Determination struggle within and outside the shores of Nigeria. Adeniran and Amusat said everyone can…

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“You’ll be arrested, prosecuted for treason” – Akeredolu warns Oodua nation agitators

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Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has warned that security agencies will be sent to checkmate those agitating for creation of Oodua ‘nation’ out of South-West Nigeria. Akeredolu, who is also the Chairman of the South-West Governors’ Forum, spoke at the Launching of Emblem Appeal to flag-off the 2023 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebrations, which was held at the State Internal Revenue Service Hall, Akure, the state capital. Akeredolu said many lives have been laid down for the unity of the country, vowing that states in the Southwest will not allow…

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