Gov Akeredolu explains why he is opposed to Sunday Igboho agitation for Yoruba nation

Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has explained further why he was opposed to Sunday Igboho agitation for a Yoruba nation.

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He made this statement on Channels Television while reacting to people’s reactions to his earlier warnings that the Yorubat nation agitators should stay away from Ondo State.

He explained that few people can’t declare the establishment of the “Yoruba nation” without considering the general interest of the Southwest.

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Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo (aka Sunday Igboho), had declared that the Southwest would no longer be part of Nigeria with the establishment of “Yoruba Nation”.

Akeredolu said:

“It is a group of individuals who are raising this issue; they are entitled to it. Everybody is entitled to his own position. But when you come to the issue of nation or you want to leave a particular setup, there must be a consensus.

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“Nobody can, on his own, wake up and say he is speaking on behalf of others. Who gave them such powers?

“We have never yielded power to people to speak on our behalf on matters of this importance. That is what we are saying.

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“A few people cannot just stand up one day and say to us: ‘Yes, we want Yoruba nation.’ How? Where did we sit down to discuss this? With who and who? At what point in time? So, if you do not carry everybody along, you cannot be representing us.”

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