Count me out of agitation for Yoruba nation – Akeredolu

Ondo State Governor,  Rotimi Akeredolu, has distanced himself from the agitation for a separate Yoruba nation, saying he doesn’t consider within the secession agenda.

Akeredolu mentioned he was solely in assist of the place of the Southern Governors’ Discussion board on the ban on open grazing within the southern a part of the nation and did not give any assist behind the agitation for Yoruba nation being spearheaded by activist, Sunday Igboho.

The governor, in a press release by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Richard Olatunde mentioned:

“Some group of individuals who held a rally below the quilt of what they time period ‘secessionist agitations’ in Akure, on Saturday, Could 22, 2021, erroneously claimed to have had his assist for the rally. Governor Akeredolu needs to state clearly that whereas he acknowledges the fitting of people and teams to carry peaceable rallies, it should not be misconstrued to imply assist for secessionist agenda and or balkanisation of the nation; removed from it. Unequivocally, the governor’s opinion on the Akure rally or any other of its ilk, is just to the impact that he’s not against any civil protest which isn’t in breach of the extant legal guidelines of the nation.

“He neither believes nor helps the hunt for the Yoruba nation outdoors of Nigeria within the method canvassed. Governor Akeredolu stands by a virile, united and indivisible Nigeria as demanded by the Southern Governors’ Discussion board. Subsequently, the vigour, zeal, management and candour displayed by Governor Akeredolu for a simply and honest Nigeria is altruistic and borne out of patriotism for the nation in addition to love for his individuals, the Yoruba ethnic nationality.

“It will be important, subsequently, to state with none equivocation that the Yoruba nation secessionist promoters don’t get pleasure from any lending hand in Governor Akeredolu.”