Gov Akeredolu Refutes Igboho’s Claim On Support For Yoruba Nation’s Akure Rally
The governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu has denied the claim that the Yoruba Nation rally staged in Akure (Ondo State) on Saturday, May 22, 2021 had his blessing.
Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho led other Yoruba Nation agitators on a peaceful rally across the streets of the state capital.
He had claimed that he and other agitators had the support of Governor Akeredolu to hold the Akure rally.
“The governor is aware of these things we are doing, we have his support. We are no more under the Fulani. All we want is Yoruba Nation,” had disclosed.
But in a statement on Sunday, May 23, 2021, titled “Yoruba Nation Agitators On Their Own” and signed his Chief Press Secretary, Richard Olatunde, Governor Akeredolu maintained the group he tagged “Yoruba Nation secessionist promoters” do not in anyway enjoy his support.
The statement…
It has come to the knowledge of the Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, that some group of persons who held a rally under the cover of what they term ‘secessionist agitations’ in Akure, on Saturday, May 22, 2021, erroneously claimed to have had his support for the rally.
Governor Akeredolu wishes to state clearly 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 balkanization of the nation. Far from it.
Unequivocally, the Governor’s opinion on the Akure rally or any other of its ilk, is only to the effect that he is not opposed to any civil protest which is not in breach of the extant laws of the Nation. He neither believes, nor supports the quest for the Yoruba Nation outside of Nigeria in the manner canvassed. Governor Akeredolu stands by a virile, united and indivisible Nigeria as demanded by the Southern Governors’ Forum.
Therefore, the vigour, zeal, leadership and candour displayed by Governor Akeredolu for a just and fair Nigeria is altruistic, and borne out of patriotism for the Nation as well as love for his people, the Yoruba ethnic nationality.
It is important, therefore, to state without any equivocation that the Yoruba Nation secessionist promoters do not enjoy any lending hand in Governor Akeredolu.
