A 55-year-old lecturer at the Federal College of Education (Special) in Oyo State, Alabi Ogundeji, expressed his lack of regret for participating in the Yoruba Nation agitation, which led to the invasion of the Oyo State Governor’s Office and the state House of Assembly on Monday.
Echoing similar sentiments, a 29-year-old phone repairer, Ademola Adeniyi, who was among the arrested agitators, also stated that he had no regrets about joining the movement.
Parallel Facts reported that some individuals suspected to be Yoruba Nation agitators were arrested by the police following the invasion of the Governor’s Office and the state House of Assembly.
Speaking with reporters at the state Police Command, Eleyele in Ibadan, the state capital, during their parade by the police, the agitators insisted that their actions were lawful under Nigeria and international law.
Ogundeji said, “I’m part of the agitation and I can’t deny it. Yoruba as an indigenous nation is a nation on its own. We have so many nations in Nigeria and Yoruba is one of them.
“Oodua Nation leaders have taken every step and action that needed to be taken. So, we embarked on a referendum which was 500 petitions signed by all Yorubas, and this has served as the referendum.
“Our leadership went to all Yoruba-speaking states to serve official letters written by our leaders and we were given our copy. After that is proclamation, declaration, occupation, and notification to the world that Yoruba is an indigenous nation.
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“We were at the Secretariat, Agodi in Ibadan to celebrate and rejoice because of the new nation that was born. It is not a new thing that Yoruba is a nation and we want to stand on our own. We have been together with Nigeria for over 100 years.”
In his own words, the 29-year-old phone repairer, Adeniyi, also amongst those arrested said, “We all know that nothing is working in Nigeria and things are hard for everyone except those in government. We were at the Secretariat waiting for our leader to address us.”
“We believe our leader knows much about the law. So, we are not afraid to join when we are called upon. Our leader told us that all challenges Yoruba are facing shall be addressed if we achieve our aim,” he added.
