{"id":81046,"date":"2021-05-23T18:33:18","date_gmt":"2021-05-23T17:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=81046"},"modified":"2021-05-23T18:33:18","modified_gmt":"2021-05-23T17:33:18","slug":"to-hell-with-yoruba-nation-agitators-they-are-on-their-own-akeredolu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/to-hell-with-yoruba-nation-agitators-they-are-on-their-own-akeredolu\/","title":{"rendered":"To Hell With Yoruba Nation Agitators, they are on their own\u00a0 &#8211; Akeredolu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1700570687879930820\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, says he does not believe in any entity aside from the Nigerian State.<\/p>\n<p>The governor also specifically said he does not support agitation by secessionists for Yoruba Nation in the South-West region.<\/p>\n<p>Akeredolu, who is the Chairman of the South-West Governors\u2019 Forum, was reacting to a statement made at a rally in Akure on Saturday by Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho.<\/p>\n<p>Igboho had said, \u201cThe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But reacting in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Richard Olatunde, on Sunday, Akeredolu said Igboho and other secessionist agitators were on their own.<\/p>\n<p>The statement was titled, \u2018Yoruba Nation Agitators On Their Own \u2013 Akeredolu\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>It read, \u201cIt 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 \u2018secessionist agitations\u2019 in Akure, on Saturday, May 22, 2021, erroneously claimed to have had his support for the rally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernor 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnequivocally, the Governor\u2019s 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\u2019 Forum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTherefore, 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is important, therefore, to state without any equivocation that the Yoruba Nation secessionist promoters do not enjoy any lending hand in Governor Akeredolu.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, says he does not believe in any entity aside from the Nigerian State. 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