News outlets and social media was awash with stories of the ripple effects of the invasion of the Oyo State secretariat by Yoruba Nation
agitators, rumoured to be members of the faction led by Mrs. Modupe Onitiri-Abiola . agitators, rumoured to be members of the faction led by Mrs. Modupe Onitiri-Abiola .
In many of the Ilana Omo Oodua meetings, when questions were raised about her sincerity and unalloyed commitment to the struggle, Prof Akintoye would usually respond that “Omo mi ni Dupe; I like what she is doing.” Akintoye and many of the agitation’s leaders eulogise her doggedness and shower encomium on her, especially as she stand shoulder to shoulder with the other leaders of the agitation who are mostly men.
The invasion of the Oyo State Government House was the culmination of that separate path she chose to chart.This treatise is not to determine the legality or illegality of the insurrection, as some people have chosen to classify it. This is more about keeping the records straight, and an assessment of the response of her compatriots to the Ibadan Declaration.
If the Onitiri-Abiola “invasion” had happened during the Buhari administration, would the reaction of the factional agitation groups had been different? What has changed since Tinubu became president? Is Yoruba land safer? Are food prices cheaper? Is the general wellbeing of the Yoruba people better since May 2023?
Then sometime during the agitation, we heard again that he was dropping the struggle. Several people frantically reached out to him for confirmation. I recall his response then was “E ma dawon lohun oo,egba gbe e…Yoruba Nation no going back. Bee nimo so fun yin.” I still vividly recall those re-assuring statements.
Truth, they say passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed, second, it is violently opposed, and third, it is accepted as self-evident. We might have gotten to the 3rd stage of truth regarding the true intent of Prof Akintoye and Igboho in the Yoruba Self-Determination movement? His Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, followed right behind, just few days later when he declared at an event in Ogun State that “Nigeria Not Yet Ripe For State Police.” Se kowa tan bayi!!
To wrap up on Onitiri’s declaration, Ibadan Invasion and her subsequent ostracisation, Yoruba may want to emulate their northern and eastern neighbouring regions, who comparatively would readily take a bullet for their brothers, not just when there is an immediate payoff but even when there is no booty to be share therefrom. They should learn to stand with their own in times of trials and tribulations. What I see right now are a bunch of “Arikuyeri.
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