A Yoruba self-determination group comprising the youths, the women and leaders, on Saturday insisted that there was no going back on the demand for the creation of Oduduwa Republic.
The protesters, who appeared resolute in their call, gathered at the Mapo Hall in Ibadan. They were led by a Yoruba self determination group, ‘Ilana Omo Oodua.’
Prof. Banji Akintoye, a leading historian and former Senator, was at the forefront of the clamour by the Yoruba group currently occupying some streets in the ancient city of Ibadan.
Although it was billed to start around 9am on Saturday, the rally did not commence until 11am as a result of security presence at the Mapo Hall venue of the event.
The group later converged in front of Mapo Hall for the rally.
The aggrieved protesters said the Yoruba nation had suffered enough under the yoke of the marriage of inconvenience in Nigeria.
Bashorun Kunle Adesokan noted that it was time for the Yoruba race to have their own country, saying, “Yoruba have suffered enough. We are not in support of the 2023 elections.
“We are telling the politicians not to contest. They should not contest in order not to waste their money.”
The Publicity Secretary of the group, Mr. Maxwell Adeleye, said the security agencies prevented the rally from holding at Mapo Hall against earlier plan.
He said, “The Police at Mapo said they were at the venue of the rally to prevent hoodlums from hijacking it and not to stop it from holding.”
