The Nation Newspaper Prof Akintoye's emancipation letter
, the duo of Banji Akintoye, a History professor, and Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, insisted it was time the Yoruba of the Southwest became self-governing. They claimed to be acting on behalf of the Yoruba Self-determination Movement .
Prof Akintoye and his co-signatories asked for the constitution of negotiation teams between the federal government and YSDM not later than June to look into the grievances raised in the letter as well as ultimately give effect to the call for Yoruba independence. The storm troopers of April 12 and the April 17 letter writers will, however, not be heeded, for the Yoruba in general and the Tinubu administration have no illusions about the presumptuousness of the agitators.
Decades of being rooted in political opposition could not prompt the Yoruba into secession. Now that one of their sons is in office, they will even be less inclined to countenance any kind of insurrection. It is shocking the Yoruba Nation agitators failed to appreciate these linkages. The late Chief Abiola showed how the Yoruba could transit from opposition to the presidency, and made it look simple.
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