Pan Yoruba Coalition, Alliance of Yoruba Democratic Movements, AYDM, has said that those attacking Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka over his comments on Labour Party, LP, Vice Presidential Candidate, Datti Baba Ahmed’s controversial interview lack a deep sense of history, and are a threat to democracy and human civilisation.
In a Statement issued by the Group on Saturday, April 8th, 2023, it, said that the supporters of Labour Party, LP, Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, are noted for a culture of banality and contempt for common sense
AYDM said Obidients criticisms are driven by a blind rage and fury with neither logic,reason, nor common sense.
It added that Nigerians have now learnt that it would have been a grave error if Obi had won the election adding that his conducts and that of his supporters indicated that they are ideologically barren, and driven by Igbo fundamentalism.
The statement signed by AYDM’s General Secretary, Popoola Ajayi and Organizing Secretary, Kunle Oshodi, said that the worst form of political philosophy is the belief that there are no human beings on earth except those who support Peter Obi, now projected as an Igbo candidate with an unmistaken Igbo agenda, seeking to rule a plural society like Nigeria.
“The attacks on Soyinka are irresponsible. They show that Obidients are violently anti-culture. They have a terrorist mentality, obsessed by democratic debates and have the penchant for blood letting and a rabid mindset which the Yoruba refer to as Digbolugi”.
The AYDM is a coalition of 121 Pan Yoruba groups including Oodua Peoples Congress( New Era), Oodua Nationalist Coalition, (ONAC), Professional Hunters Union, ANACCOWA ,representing Okada riders in the West, Vigilante Group, South West Youth Coalition, SWYC, NATA, mechanic associations in the South West, Oodua Peoples Congress (Reformed), Network for Yoruba Alliance, NENA, Itsekiri Nationalist Congress, INCO, Kwara-Kogi Yoruba Solidarity Front, Oodua Students League, (OSL), Congress of Oodua Descendants in West Africa Coast, (CODWAC), and several other community based groups from Kogi, Akoko Edo, Kwara and Itsekiri area of Delta State
It added that Obidients are anxious to extend their factories of terror across Nigeria through its armed wing, Indigenous Peoples of Biafra,IPOB
Speaking further, the Group said one of such instances was the arrested Eze Igbo in Lagos who said he would bring armed members of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB and Eastern Security Network, ESN, to fight in Lagos and other parts of Nigeria.
“We have watched with keen interests this tactless and reckless people who are desperate to set the country ablaze and set humanity against itself through their mindless provocation and cruel disdain for logical reasoning.
“We are ready to confront them in all shades and in all forms, even on the streets unless they purge themselves of genocidal instints.
“Obi won over 80 percent in many of the South East states. His supporters were seen in various video clips attacking and hounding those opposed to their beliefs. They clubbed and viciously attacked those who did not support Labour Party. Their intention was to nationalise this criminal enterprise. In other parts of Nigeria, during the Governorship election. They were resisted in the South West in spite of their threats of armed attacks.”
The group alleged that Obidients are bullies with no respect for alternative opinions. It’s to the credit of Peter Obi that he has revealed that he and his supporters lack the mental and emotional stability to get close to power in Aso Rock.”
The group said the ceaseless attacks on Soyinka for condemning the calls for violent insurrection by many supporters of Peter Obi represents a display of cruel intolerance and assault on democratic norms.
“We caution those attacking Soyinka to beware of proportional measure of resistance from his admirers all over the world. He is not just a a treasure, he is a global icon that cannot be diminished by anarchists who at gun point are bent on imposing their perspectives on Nigerians” the statement said
AYDM said each day, Obidients with their garrison mentality are pushing Nigerians to the brink and in the process further isolates itself.
The group said it was not surprised that celebrated Writer, Chimamanda Adichie, has joined the Igbo fundamentalists.
“Her writings have never been driven by humanity but by sectional, parochial instincts informed by a martial mindset to promote Igbo supremacy in all her encounters”
AYDM said “They are attacking and insulting people, even old people, and the physically challenged, they do not respect. It is simply because they are afraid of civil engagement and it shows their lowly understanding of a complex country like Nigeria”, AYDM said.
Obi and Obidients have strongly denied these allegations and described them as trash. The opposite, they insist, is the case. “These very false allegations are a bid to give a dog a bad name in other to hang it. The accusers know the truth”, an Obidient, Dr Akin Adewale said.
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