A former Minister of Transportation and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Ebenezer Babatope, has described the agitation for an independent Yoruba nation as laughable and extremism.
Babatope said he was not part of those calling for the emergence of an independent Yoruba nation, adding: “It is an extreme measure, which will not stand.
“We have passed that stage in Nigeria and anybody that thinks he can carry power on his head will destroy himself.
“What we should be fighting for is a Nigeria that guarantees fairness and freedom of expression, where all tribes will have equal rights and opportunities.”
A former Minister of Transportation and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Ebenezer Babatope, has described the agitation for an independent Yoruba nation as laughable and extremism.
Babatope said he was not part of those calling for the emergence of an independent Yoruba nation, adding: “It is an extreme measure, which will not stand.
“We have passed that stage in Nigeria and anybody that thinks he can carry power on his head will destroy himself.
“What we should be fighting for is a Nigeria that guarantees fairness and freedom of expression, where all tribes will have equal rights and opportunities.”
In a letter to the Secretary-General, United Nations (UN), the Chairperson of the African Union (AU), the Secretary of State, United States (U.S.), British Foreign Secretary, European Union (EU) member-states, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and others, and made available to The Guardian in Ibadan, Adams said: “This is to bring to your attention ‘a clear and present danger threatening the fragile union of our great country, Nigeria.
“Senseless killings and massacre of Nigerians, almost on a daily basis, are tragically sliding toward an anarchical terminal point.”
“The inability or apathetic attitude of the Federal Government, pitiably as it is, is already compounding an already gory situation.
“While you already know, through diplomatic sources and the media, what is going on in world’s most populous black nation, Nigeria, I want to urgently alert you that an agenda bordering on pogrom is gradually being executed in Yorubaland.”
