Shockwaves are reverberating across Yorùbáland and the global Yorùbá diaspora following the sudden death of the Baba Ọba (King’s Father) of the famed Oyotunji African Village in South Carolina, USA. The late Baba Ọba, Lukman Arohunfale, a revered socialite and traditionalist, passed away under circumstances already sparking fierce controversy. His death comes just days after he publicly accused the newly installed Alaafin of Oyo, His Imperial Majesty Oba Akeem Adéyẹmọ Owoade, of allegedly ordering his courtiers to beat him mercilessly during a recent courtesy visit to the Oyo palace in Nigeria. In a widely circulated voice recording, the deceased recounted how what was meant to be a simple homage turned violent. Although the Baba Ọba had reportedly battled ill health in the past year, growing insinuations suggest that the alleged physical assault may have aggravated his condition, ultimately leading to his untimely death. The palace in Oyo recently denied that s...
The Yoruba rights activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho has declared that there was no going back on the actualisation of the much desired Yoruba nation.
Meanwhile, Akure, the Ondo state capital had stood still as agitators of Yoruba nation in their thousands stormed the state.
Speaking in Akure, the Ondo state capital, Igboho insisted that no amount of threat and intimidation will thwart the actualization of the Yoruba nation. He spoke at the palace of the first-class traditional ruler in the state, the Deji of Akure land, Oba Aladetoyinbo Aladelusi. According to lgboho ” We don’t want one Nigeria again, but Yoruba nation. There is no essence for one Nigeria. We are being marginalised. We say enough is enough.
“Enough is enough, no going back… we are not scared of anybody, these killer herders are taking over our land and they are killing us, raping our wives, female children in our presence and would also take over our land.
“We are not safe in our own country, we can’t sleep in peace, we can’t travel in peace, we can’t go to our farm in peace, what have we done? Is it a sin or are we slaves in our fatherland? ” Please what have done wrong?.
We have chosen the wrong leaders and we are now tired and saying that enough is enough Igboho who apologised to those he had offended during the struggle said ” we have now realised that all our traditional rulers are with us in this struggle.
” The traditional rulers in the southwest and all our governors in the region are united with us in the agitation Speaking on the role of traditional rulers, lgboho lamented that they have been relegated by the political class and turned to errand boys and in some cases threatened for not dancing to their music.
According to him ” this is demeaning and we are saying enough is enough. Traditional should be accorded their rightful places in decision making. Responding on behalf of the monarch, the Edemo of Akureland High Chief Afolabi Fayehun appealed to the agitators not to result in violence but present their demands peacefully and with decorum.
The spokesman for the group, Maxwell Adeleye had assured that the rally would not be violent or that there would be any form of brigandage.
Adeleye said that “We shall peacefully, logically and intellectually achieve our independence without violence, bloodshed”
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