Yoruba Nation: Agitation For Secession Won’t Succeed – Akeredolu

The governor of Ondo State, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, has denounced the ongoing South-West campaign for a Yoruba nation, stating that such agitation would frustrate the efforts of those who had sacrificed their lives for Nigeria’s unity.

The head of the Southern Governors Forum, Akeredolu, pledged that no state in the South-West would permit any movement that would undermine the sacrifices made by the country’s heroes.

In the state capital of Akure, the Ondo State Internal Revenue Service Hall hosted the unveiling of the emblem appeal to launch the 2023 Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebrations.

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The governor said, “Those clamouring 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 beacons 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.

“The security agencies will checkmate these unscrupulous enemies embarking on such frivolous activities. We have responsibilities now to soberly reflect on the plight of those who have laid down their lives and those who are still laying down their lives for the unity and peace of this country.”

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The governor deems the nation’s enemies’ current audacious posture, which has resulted in the deaths of several of our brave warriors, to be very condemnable. He emphasized that the persistent efforts of the military’s officers and soldiers had significantly reduced the threat posed by the unscrupulous elements.

“Without the sacrifice and commitment of these officers and men of the Armed Forces, it would have been a matter of time before the whole country is overrun.

“The month-long armed forces remembrance day celebration is, therefore, a golden opportunity for government and the society at large to empathise and associate with widows and relations of our fallen heroes, especially those that were cut down in their prime.

“The onus is on us to soberly reflect on the plight of these categories of people and resolve to ensure that they live socially acceptable lives. It should be noted that the major reason for the Emblem Appeal Fund is to provide financial and material support to families of the fallen heroes as well as veterans who survived various military operations with some sustaining varying degrees of injuries that had rendered them incapacitated.

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“There is nothing too good or too much that we can offer that could replace the precious lives lost or remedy the deprivations and untold hardship suffered by the dependants of these heroes. We must, however, at all times and at every opportunity, give our financial and moral support so that those still alive and serving will be encouraged to give their best in the service of our dear fatherland,” the governor added.

All local government councils were urged by Governor Akeredolu to honor the 2023 Armed Forces Remembrance Day by buying and selling the insignia and making substantial donations to the cause.

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