Oyogist has learned that Popular Yourba pan African group, Apapo O’odua Koya (AOKOYA) has criticised South-West governors and the APC leader, Ahmed Tinubu for opposing the Oduduwa Republic agitation.
The group, in the commique signed by Col Abimbola Sowumi (rtd) said,
“The Governors of the South-West states cannot in all sense of responsibility speak for the over 80 million Yoruba people all over the world. Their Sunday resolution opposing Yoruba Republic was not unexpected given the narrow self-serving prism the governors view the future of their people having secured leadership through vote-buying and other fraudulent practices.
“It is appalling that the governors who claim to be representing Yoruba people made this empty and anti-people resolution in the month of May, exactly 34 years after the death of Chief Obafemi Awolowo. The governors did not consult the people they govern before claiming to speak for the same people. Not even members of their Houses of Assembly were contacted. They spoke for themselves and not for Yoruba Nation.
“You are Governors of All Progressives Congress, (APC) not Yoruba Governors. You represent Muhammadu Buhari’s political party, not a party of the Yoruba people. Your mandate and that of Buhari is the same. That mandate is anti-Yoruba in content and form.” it said.
