This resolution and others were reached at the meeting held at the Western Hall, Oyo State Secretariat Complex, Ibadan, with the theme: “The Paramountcy of Yoruba Unity in Tackling The Insecurity Menace in Yorubaland.”
In a communique read by the Founder of Yoruba K’oya Movement, Otunba Deji Osibogun, after the meeting, the groups said that Yoruba self-determination was non-negotiable.
The groups, which urged the Yoruba, especially the elite, to return to protect their land, also tasked every House of Assembly in the South-West to pass a resolution on the state of insecurity in Yorubaland and urged members representing Yoruba constituencies in the Senate and House of Representatives to move a motion on insecurity in Yorubaland within the next 90 days, precisely June 25.
It also urged Yoruba groups to organise relief materials for victims ravaged by insecurity.
All the Yoruba groups were charged to make the unity of purpose a guiding principle, while Yoruba Central Coordinating Council has been proposed.
In a remark, Prof. Banji Akintoye, represented by the Administrative Secretary of Ilana Oduduwa, Dr. Tunde Hamzat, stressed that the call for Yoruba self-determination should not be misconstrued as secession.
Akintoye said the Yoruba nation would be achieved in a peaceful manner through the building of consensus and mobilisation of the people.
Also speaking, Ambassador Yemi Farounbi, stressed that the Yoruba should be ready to defend themselves against threats to their lives.
He charged all Yoruba individuals and groups to bring to bear their intellect, asset and knowledge for the cause of the Yoruba nation.
Groups, under the platform of Assembly of all Yoruba Groups Worldwide, have set aside June 12 as the day of referendum for the Yoruba on the self-determination agenda.
This resolution and others were reached at the meeting held at the Western Hall, Oyo State Secretariat Complex, Ibadan, with the theme: “The Paramountcy of Yoruba Unity in Tackling The Insecurity Menace in Yorubaland.”
In a communique read by the Founder of Yoruba K’oya Movement, Otunba Deji Osibogun, after the meeting, the groups said that Yoruba self-determination was non-negotiable.
The groups, which urged the Yoruba, especially the elite, to return to protect their land, also tasked every House of Assembly in the South-West to pass a resolution on the state of insecurity in Yorubaland and urged members representing Yoruba constituencies in the Senate and House of Representatives to move a motion on insecurity in Yorubaland within the next 90 days, precisely June 25.
It also urged Yoruba groups to organise relief materials for victims ravaged by insecurity.
All the Yoruba groups were charged to make the unity of purpose a guiding principle, while Yoruba Central Coordinating Council has been proposed.
In a remark, Prof. Banji Akintoye, represented by the Administrative Secretary of Ilana Oduduwa, Dr. Tunde Hamzat, stressed that the call for Yoruba self-determination should not be misconstrued as secession.
Akintoye said the Yoruba nation would be achieved in a peaceful manner through the building of consensus and mobilisation of the people.
Also speaking, Ambassador Yemi Farounbi, stressed that the Yoruba should be ready to defend themselves against threats to their lives.
He charged all Yoruba individuals and groups to bring to bear their intellect, asset and knowledge for the cause of the Yoruba nation.