Indigenous O’odua people of the South West have been asked to wisely avoid violent ethnic clashes between Yoruba and Fulani people living in the area.
Apappo O’odua Koya, AOKOYA, the Yoruba self-determination group made the call on Friday in a statement it issued.
The group said some enemies of Yoruba Nation were desperate to create diversion through an instigated massive ethnic violence in the South West and in Nigeria to shift attention from the real issue of Yoruba’s search for sovereignty.
AOKOYA said its intelligence report indicated plans to cause large scale ethnic violent as a prelude to foreclose Yoruba Nation.
The group said the sponsors were politicians, strong, rich but irresponsible people.
AOKOYA said: “Their agents will lead the mayhem as they did during the #ENDSARs. This will draw the attention of the international community. The violence will strengthen the rogue state to brutally attack self determination activists and weaken our campaign in the face of local and international audience. Due to ignorance of the people, many will sympathise with the regime when in actual fact, it is the instigator.”
In the statement signed by Col Abimbola Sowunmi (rtd) and Ahmed Akorede, the group urged Yoruba to remember how genocide in Rwanda overshadowed the genuine demand for resolution of the national question.
AOKOYA commended Sunday Adeyemo (Igboho) for his courage, adding that he had created more awareness about the travails of Yoruba people.
AOKOYA said the campaign for self-determination must be prosecuted with a lot of tact, superior strategy and planning that would avoid falling into the plot of the triangle of evil.
The group said those raising money for the Yoruba cause should learn to do so discreetly.
AOKOYA said Yoruba should at this time minimize internal division and focus on the goal of Yoruba Nation adding that “Satan derives its strength from the weakness and division among his victims.”
The group said “While we work for O’odua Nation, we must not fall into the antics of the desperate and callous enemies who want to blackmail the movement for Yoruba sovereignty. Our attitude should see less of mob action, but superior strategy that will take back lost grounds and leave the Yoruba territories whole, without massive destruction, carnage and genocide being plotted and instigated by the daunting, and vicious enemy.”
