By Bukola Olasanmi
Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, has said the current agitations for a Yoruba nation won’t succeed.
He condemned the continuous agitation for a Yoruba nation by some groups in the South West, saying such agitation would thwart the efforts of those who had laid their lives for the unity of Nigeria.
Akeredolu, who is the Chairman of the Southern Governors Forum, vowed that no state in the South-West region would allow any agitation that would scuttle the sacrifices of the nation’s heroes.
He spoke at the inauguration of the emblem appeal to flag off the 2023 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebrations held at the Ondo State Internal Revenue Service Hall, Akure, the State capital.
The governor said, “Those clamoring for Oodua Nation will not succeed. People have not laid down their lives for this country for unscrupulous individuals to scuttle it. This country is very important to some of us.
“We recognise the right of the people to protest or agitate. But if the police feel your actions are treasonable, they will arrest and prosecute you. It is not at this stage in the history of this country that we will repeat IPOB in Yoruba land. Opportunity beckons at us. We cannot afford to throw away that opportunity.
“We must work to ensure that there is power shift. The opportunity for presidency to come to the south, especially the Southwest, is around the corner. We will not sit down and support anyone clamouring for Oodua nation. We will not support it. We have fought for this with everything we had. Nigeria will be good.”