Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose has accused some Yoruba
elders of working against the ongoing calls for the restructuring of Nigeria.
Fayose made this claim on Thursday in Ibadan when south-west
leaders met at the main bowl of the Lekan Salami Sports Complex, Adamasingb.
According to him, “They want us to talk about the truth or
lies. But we will say the truth. They can throw the words away, but they can’t
throw us away. Our fathers, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Sir Ladoke Akintola and
other Yoruba leaders, tried their best for us.
“But you elders of Yoruba are the problem we have. We are
our problems. We’ve had good meetings like this one, attended by elders and
kings of Yoruba.
“After this summit, you will see some so-called Yoruba
leaders saying on television ‘we don’t need restructuring.’ To me, those words
do not make sense. There is no alternative; we will go back to regions.”
A leader of Pan Niger Delta Forum, Chief Albert Horsfall, in
his remarks, noted that the people of his region started restructuring long
ago, adding that agitation for restructuring of Nigeria depends on control of
physical energy by each region.
He stated that each region should have the statutory rights
to control “what you produce or what your soil produces.”
By Ameh Comrade Godwin
