Owo Catholic Church attack a declaration of war against Yoruba Nation- Akintoye
Says Yoruba self determination is final solution
By Tunde Ajao
Leader of Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide (IOOW), Professor Banji Akintoye, has described the Sunday morning deadly attack against Christian Worshipers in Owo as a declaration of war on Yoruba people.
On Sunday terrorists attacked Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo-State
Owo is the home town of Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu.
The gunmen suspected to be Fulani Herdsmen, left many people dead.
Akintoye in a statement made available to Irohinoodua said the attack was a declaration of war on Yoruba people.
Responding through the Communications Secretary of IOOW, Mr. Maxwell Adeleye in a statement made available to Irohinoodua the Professor called on the State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, to declare an emergency against the activities of Fulani Herdsmen in the state with immediate effect.
The renowned scholar said the effontery of the Fulani Marauders needs to be frankly and courageously confronted so as to prove to their sponsors that the Yoruba people can never be intimidated or subjugated.
He said to permanently solve the Fulani Herdsmen’s quagmire, the Yoruba People need to negotiate their exit from the Union of Nigeria without further delay.
“We have stated it very expressly that the Yoruba people need to negotiate their exit from Nigeria as a matter of urgency but our Partisan Political Actors in Yoruba Land never took us serious. We warned them that there’s fire on the mountain but we were mocked because of their personal aggrandizement.
“Today, we have all been encircled, most especially, in Lagos. For Herdsmen to have the effontery of bombarding a Church in Yoruba Land to kill about 85 people shows that we are now in a realistic danger.
“My urgent advise to Governor Akeredolu is to pick up the gauntlet and declare an emergency against the activities of all Fulani Herdsmen in the state with immediate effect.
“We have now been taken for granted. We need not pretend anymore. We must demand unanimously, an exit from Nigeria.
“We the Yoruba People cannot live in the same country with characters whose idea of common citizenship in Nigeria is to brutalize, subjugate and even exterminate us. It is time to leave these characters now. All Stakeholders – the Elites, Traditional Rulers, Our Women should act now.
“All the South West States, including the Yoruba Leaders in Kogi and Kwara States should equally declare an emergency against the activities of Fulani Herdsmen. We must now take our destinies into our hands”