Tag: Yoruba elders

State of the Nation: “Nigerians are suffering”, Yoruba Council of Elders tells Tinubu

Aminu Imam
Yoruba elders

The Yoruba Council of Elders, (YCE), has expressed worry over the state of the natio,n just as it urged President Bola Tinubu to tackle the current hardship faced by Nigerians. The YCE, in a statement yesterday, issued by its General-Secretary, Chief Oladipo Oyewole said though it was hopeful that there will be positive turnaround in the country, there is, presently, a lot of suffering in the land. The statement reads: “The YCE remains hopeful that Nigeria will have a turnaround. However, going by scanty information available on Government pursuits and…

Read More

?Yoruba Elders reject agitation for Yoruba nation

Aminu Imam
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…

Read More

Kano: “Don’t interfere with Supreme Court’s decision” – Yoruba elders caution Tinubu

Aminu Imam

The Yoruba community in Kano State has cautioned President Bola Tinubu not to interfere with the Supreme Court judgement over the reserved ruling on the Kano governorship election. Specifically, the Yoruba community, under the aegis of the ‘Yoruba Northern Elders Forum, called on the Ooni of Ife, the Alaafin of Oyo, and the Oba of Lagos, as well as a former APC Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande, to engage with the President not to be carried away by sentiments and allow the ruling party to lose to the opposition at the…

Read More

Yoruba Elders urge urgent restructuring amidst socio-economic challenges

Aminu Imam

The Council of Yoruba Elders (CYE) has passionately called for the immediate restructuring of Nigeria, citing the deteriorating socio-economic conditions affecting Yorubaland. Expressing deep concern in a press statement released on Tuesday, the CYE highlighted the alarming increase in suicides attributed to hunger and hopelessness, underscoring the unprecedented suffering of the masses. On-going security threats, such as Fulani herdsmen attacks and abductions, particularly in Ondo and Oyo States, were emphasised as persistent issues. Despite a brief reduction in such incidents following the change of government in May 2023, the council decried…

Read More

New administration: ‘Tinubu must first restructure Nigeria now’ – Yoruba Council of Elders 

Aminu Imam

The Yoruba Council of Elders, (YCE), yesterday, urged the incoming administration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to take a decisive position to restructure Nigeria, saying it will give the country renewed strength in all aspects. The YCE, in an issued statement yesterday by its Secretary-General, Chief Oladipo Oyewole, also urged Tinubu to put the right people to manage different departments of government “in a goal-oriented manner”. The statement reads: “The Yoruba Council of Elders rejoice with all Nigerians for the continued peaceful atmosphere leading into the peaceful transition and change of…

Read More

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

Aminu Imam

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.…

Read More

2023: “Yoruba don’t cheat others; support for Peter Obi right way to go” – Adebanjo

Aminu Imam

Elder statesman and leader of Afenifere, pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Ayo Adebanjo, has hailed the endorsement of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, (LP), Peter Obi, by former president, Olusegun Obasanjo. Adebanjo, who spoke yesterday, noted that the country will be in trouble if Obi is not elected president in 2023. The elder statesman however said he was not surprised by Obasanjo’s action, saying the former President has always been in support of power shift to the South-East in the interest of equity, fairness and justice, as well as keeping…

Read More

“We are excited Tinubu emerged APC flag bearer” – Yoruba Council of Elders

Aminu Imam

The Secretary-General of the Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE), Dr. Kunle Olajide has described the emergence of Senator Bola Tinubu, as the flag bearer of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the just-concluded primaries of the party, as a positive development. Olajide said this in a telephone conversation in Ado-Ekiti yesterday, shortly after the declaration of Tinubu as the winner of the keenly contested APC presidential primary, which was held in Abuja. In his words: “It is a positive development for the Yoruba nation, I call on Nigerians to rally…

Read More

Igboho: Olubadan’s delegation, others shut out, as trial continues ‘closed door’

Aminu Imam

The trial of self-styled Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, a.k.a Sunday Igboho, continued yesterday behind ‘closed door’, with journalists and his supporters shut out. It was gathered that his supporters thronged the  Cour D’Appel De Cotonou, where he is being tried, but they were not allowed to gain entrance. The report said Igboho’s supporters, which included the delegation sent by the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji were not allowed into the court’s premises. Recall that Igboho was arrested by Interpol along with his wife on July 20, while trying to board a plane…

Read More

South-West Yoruba Council of Elders reject govs’ proposal, insist on new Constitution

Aminu Imam

…Says ‘no’ to six regions The proposal by South-West governors for a six-region structure in the country is generating controversy in the region, as Yoruba Elders rejected the proposal, insisting on a new Constitution rather than the amendment of the one currently in use. Contrary to the position of the governors, the Yoruba Council of Elders, (YCE), said what the nation needs is not a Constitution amendment but a new Constitution that will give expression to the differences of the component units and reflect the yearnings and aspirations of the…

Read More