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I never endorsed Yoruba Nation rally in Akure – Akeredolu

by NewsNet Nigeria
4 years ago
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I never endorsed Yoruba Nation rally in Akure – Akeredolu
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Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has said never endorsed the Yoruba Nation rally which took place in Akure on Saturday.

It was reported in some sections of the media that Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho, claimed that the organisers got the backing of Akeredolu to stage the rally.

In a statement on Sunday by his Chief Press Secretary, Richard Olatunde, the governor said that “…while he acknowledges the right of individuals and groups to hold peaceful rallies, it must not be misconstrued to mean support for secessionist agenda and or balkanization of the nation. Far from it.”

The statement reads in full below:

Yoruba Nation Agitators On Their Own – Akeredolu

It has come to the knowledge of the Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, that some group of persons who held a rally under the cover of what they term ‘secessionist agitations’ in Akure, on Saturday, May 22, 2021, erroneously claimed to have had his support for the rally.

Governor Akeredolu wishes to state clearly that while he acknowledges the right of individuals and groups to hold peaceful rallies, it must not be misconstrued to mean support for secessionist agenda and or balkanization of the nation. Far from it.

Unequivocally, the Governor’s opinion on the Akure rally or any other of its ilk, is only to the effect that he is not opposed to any civil protest which is not in breach of the extant laws of the Nation. He neither believes nor supports the quest for the Yoruba Nation outside of Nigeria in the manner canvassed. Governor Akeredolu stands by a virile, united and indivisible Nigeria as demanded by the Southern Governors’ Forum.

Therefore, the vigour, zeal, leadership and candour displayed by Governor Akeredolu for a just and fair Nigeria is altruistic, and borne out of patriotism for the Nation as well as love for his people, the Yoruba ethnic nationality.

It is important, therefore, to state without any equivocation that the Yoruba Nation secessionist promoters do not enjoy any lending hand in Governor Akeredolu.

Signed:
Richard Olatunde
Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Ondo State.
May 23, 2021.

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