Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, the Yoruban Nation agitator says the South West will not be used to launch the disintegration of the Country. Igboho was reacting to plan by some angry Nigerians to protest against the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the current economic hardship in the country.
The Yoruba Nation activist made his position known in s a statement On Wednesday, saying the current current hardship cannot be blamed on Tinubu who, according to him has done his best to move the country forward since he came to power on May 29, 2023.
Not a few Nigerians have blamed the current economic hardship on the hash policies introduced by the administration, including the removal of petrol subsidy and convergence of the foreign exchange market which led to the devaluation of the Naira.
To push back at the government, some Nigerians are due to protest from August 1-10, evn though the government has appealed to them to shelve the plan in the interest of the country.
Stating his position on the protest, Igboho said he does not support the protest because it could lead to the disintegration of the country, saying President Tinubu May 29, 2023, “has implemented revolutionary policies” capable of turning the country around since he came to power last year.
Igboho “firmly declare that we will not participate in any protest aimed at using the Southwest as a battleground for political upheaval”.
The statement he shared on his verified X platform said: “I, Chief Sunday Igboho, am issuing this press release in response to the planned protests by some unknown & faceless individuals, who are working to disintegrate the country.
’Since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s assumed office on May 29, 2023, he has implemented revolutionary policies, which his predecessors lacked the political will to pursue. These bold steps have, unsurprisingly, unsettled those who believe it is their birth right to rule Nigeria.
“The Yoruba Nation Movement and I firmly declare that we will not participate in any protest aimed at using the Southwest as a battleground for political upheaval. We stand resolute in our belief that the Yoruba nation will not be a launchpad for disintegrating Nigeria. We recognize that economic hardship is a global phenomenon, not unique to Nigeria.”
Ahead the protest in less than 72 hours, the Minister of Information, Idris Mohammed, while speaking with journalists, after the Federal Executive Council, FEC, Meeting on Monday said the protest is no longer necessary as President Tinubu is already ‘protesting” on behalf of Nigerians by acceding to their demands to make life easy for them.
Part of what the President has done, the minister said, is the plan to sell a 50 kilogram bag of rice for N40,000 instead of the current N70,000.
Meanwhile, the magazine reported that Igboho had, severally, called for the disintegration of Nigeria saying Yoruba nation must be independent.
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