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General News of Sunday, 23 May 2021

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Yoruba nation agitators on their own - Akeredolu denies support

Ondo governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu Ondo governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu

Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu has refuted claims that he is in support of the Yoruba nation.

According to a statement released by his Chief Press Secretary, Richard Olatunde in Akure, he noted that the Yoruba nation agitators are on their own.

On Saturday, May 22, 2021, Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho hinted that the Ondo state governor, Akeredolu had thrown in his support for the Yoruba nation rally held in Akure.

However, the governor has reacted to the claims that he would never support any secessionist agenda in the country.

The statement reads “lt 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.

He added that “It is important, therefore, to state without any equivocation that the Yoruba Nation secessionist promoters do not enjoy any lending hand in Governor Akeredolu.