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While some of the protesters wore white outfits, others wore black, holding Yoruba Nation and IPOB flags. They also held pictures of young people killed in Nigeria.But the Presidency has faulted Yoruba nation agitators for ‘keeping association’ with the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra in reaction to the protest at the UN headquarters.
“Actions and associations speak louder than words. Yoruba Nation’s talk of human rights promotion must therefore be ignored,” the statement said.The Presidency, thereafter, appealed to the UN to discountenance their demand. President Buhari will address the 76th Session of the high-level General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, September 24.
But in a late reaction last night, Lanre Lasisi, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Speaker, debunked the reports that the Speaker said IPOB and Yoruba nation agitators are the same as Boko Haram.He said: “In view of the impression created by the said reports, it has become necessary to clarify that the Speaker, in his speech, never mentioned any group.
Also reacting, the IPOB stated that Gbajabiamila should be ashamed that the country they inherited was heading for the rocks, stressing that “what should be their paramount concern is how to regain the confidence of Nigerians in the system and not IPOB.
A Yoruba diaspora group, Yoruba One Voice , also yesterday, said with the statement credited to the Speaker, it is evidence that the Speaker has lost touch with the realities of the present situation in the country.YOV, in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Mrs. Omoladun Orolugbagbe, said the Speaker as part of the conspiracy that brought Nigeria on its kneel, disclosing that Gbajabiamila had always been a sell-out with no history of commitment to the ideals of the common people in Nigeria.
He said the survey highlighted issues of marginalisation in appointments, corruption, gender equity, identity trust, and social cohesion, self-worth, and future expectations as it affects Nigerians and the role of politicians who fan the embers of violence and division during campaign and electioneering.Ihua mentioned that the aim of the report was to assist the country in planning to achieve national cohesion amongst various social-cultural, ethnic and religious groups in the country.
Ipob are not terrorist which the whole world knows and you can’t disunite us anymore and no one would even listen to your empty threat.referendum is all we want and we going to have it INSHA’ALLAH.leave biafra and oduduwa nation alone
FG should explain this they group to Nigeria...
“The divergence… is that Ohanaeze acknowledges that the injustice is there. They are asking for a solution within Nigeria… with restructuring and dialogue with …diplomacy, whereas IPOB is approaching it with force. That is all. It does not make them a terrorist organisation…”
I have long ago judged the current asorock operators(2015 - 2021 and still counting) by the company they keep and those that speaks for them. Terrorist minister and miyetti allah on my mind.
peoples rightspeaceful agitators are not criminals. and freedom of association, speech and opinion is a democratic virtue. the only tool now is coercion. its a weapon that brain washes and puts fear. listen to the people who demonstrate the tenets of democracy.....peaceful