Crisis has reportedly rocked the union of Southern and Middle Belt agitations for secession in the country following the decision of the Yoruba nation agitators to quit the alliance on Tuesday
The Yoruba nation agitators, otherwise known as Ilana Omo Oodua, on Tuesday, announced it was quitting the Southern Middle Belt Alliance in the secessionist agitation, citing discrepancies in the objectives of the agitations
Ilana Omo Oodua in a statement issued Tuesday, announce also the resignation of its leader, Professor Banji Akintoye, as the chairman of the alliance, which is known as the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination (NINAS).
Ilana Omo Oodua in their statement accused some leaders of NINAS of having objectives which run contrary to their own, adding that it was very imperative for the Yoruba bloc to quit the alliance in order to preserve the integrity and reputation of the Yoruba Nation agitation for self-determination.
The group in the statement titled, ‘South/Middle Belt Alliance: Akintoye Resigns as Chairman, as Ilana Omo Oodua Quits NINAS, read in part, “In the light of the current development in the Yoruba Self-Determination struggle, especially, in Ilana Omo Oodua, it has become very necessary for the Yoruba people to dissociate themselves from the alliance known as NINAS with immediate effect.
“It is our well-considered opinion that some of those we align with in NINAS do not want the kind of self-determination that we the Yoruba people want.
“Therefore, we, the leadership of Ilana Omo Oodua, wish to inform the general public that the Yoruba bloc under the leadership of Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide has moved out of the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination with immediate effect in order to safeguard the integrity and honour of our agitation for self-determination.
“Furthermore, Ilana Omo Oodua hereby withdraws its membership of NINAS with immediate effect. All the Yoruba people worldwide who believe in the agitation for the Yoruba Nation Self-Determination at home and abroad are, by this statement, notified to comply.”
The statement however disclosed that “a more productive wide-alliance to be known as the South and Middle-Belt People’s Sovereign Movement will be officially inaugurated after the completion of the ongoing consultations with likeminds across the South and Middle-Belt regions.”
