Don’t paint our protest as IPOB event, Yoruba Nation agitators reply Presidency

Yoruba Nation agitators and different self-determination teams have requested the Nigerian authorities to not tag their protest on the United Nations Headquarters in New York as an occasion organised by the Indigenous Individuals of Biafra.

They stated this in a response to an earlier assertion by the presidency asking them to not affiliate with IPOB.

PRESSINFORMANT had reported that the agitators beneath the aegis of the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Dedication are holding a march on the UN headquarters in New York.

The march conincides with the continuing UN Meeting the place Nigeria’s president, Main Common Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and different World leaders are anticipated to attend and provides addresses.

Earlier, the Chairman of NINAS, Prof Banji Akintoye, declared {that a} Million-Man Freedom March would maintain reverse the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the USA of America from September 14 to 24, 2021.

Akintoye stated the protest is supposed to hunt a referendum and present the world “the genocide being perpetrated by murderous herdsmen within the title of grazing within the South and Center-Belt of Nigeria”.

“Rattled” by the continual protest by the agitators, the Presidency threatened to cope with Yoruba Nation agitators primarily based on the affiliation they hold.

PRESSINFORMANT gathered that aside from Yoruba Nation agitators, there are protesters from South-Japanese Nigeria, and different international locations on the UN headquarters additionally searching for self-determination.

An announcement issued by Garba Shehu, Senior Particular Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity on Wednesday, learn, “It was, nevertheless stunning, to see “Yoruba Nation” advocates yesterday unequivocally throw their lot in with Indigenous Individuals of Biafra (IPOB).

“No doubt, Nigerians and the complete world will decide Yoruba Nation by the corporate it retains. “Nobody can take significantly this organisation if it continues its IPOB affiliation.

“The cooperation is a worrying growth, as soon as parsed with Yoruba Nation’s more and more violent rallies in Nigeria.”

Reacting, the spokesperson for NINAS, Maxwell Adeleye, accused the presidency of making an attempt to make use of divide and rule techniques.

He stated, “The continuing NINAS March reverse the United Nations Headquaters in New York has now prompted the Nigerian Presidency a critical headache

“We put the Fulani Oligarchy on discover that the largest March is holding on twenty fourth September, the day President Buhari will deal with the United Nations Common Meeting.

“Whereas we respect their rights to affiliation and loyalty to their beliefs, we need to state very expressly, once more, that NINAS or Ilana Omo Oodua has nothing in anyway to do with IPOB.

“Garba Shehu ought to cease this unintelligent try to play divide and rule recreation. He merely needed to color the battle unhealthy which has failed.

“Nigerian Authorities ought to deal with our six-point calls for – Abolition of 1999 Structure, conduct a Referendum, finish to Fulani Genocide, Declaration of Miyyeti Allah a Terrorist Organisation, And many others and cease being petty.”

NINAS is the umbrella physique for self-determination Teams within the South and Center-Belt of Nigeria with Ilana Omo Oodua representing the Yoruba Land, Decrease Niger Congress representing the South-South and South-East and Center-Belt Rennaissance Motion representing the Center Belt Area.