OUR MISSION
The Yorubas, wherever they are located within their dominion should be at peace within and without. Nobody from outsite their vicinity will threaten their life, livestock, farmland and resources. If federal government is acquiescing or facilating wrong doing from cattle herdsmen or kidnappers mostly from the north, rest assured we will not
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Our Vision
This endeavour is also coordinating efforts in forming an active response force with remit to launch a counter offensive wherever there is a threat from an external force - cattle herdsmen, kidnappers or otherwise. These peaceful and God-fearing people will not be molested, threatened, or trampled upon by vagabond bandits.
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IGBOHO
Government Brutality On Its Own People - This is Nigeria Today
THE MAN WITH A MISSION
Chief Sunday Adeyemo (Igboho) – Akoni Oodua
Sometimes in life, events dictate radical change of plan such that twenty-four hours earlier, if someone had mentioned what is to happen; you would probably want to swear on your mother’s grave that just contemplating such thought is simply unthinkable. This I believe, you and I have experienced before, at varying degrees of intensity and frequency. Sunday Igboho is no exception. However, his trajectory turned out to have repercussions far more challenging and full of intrigues than the ordinary. We will get back to that in a bit - just bear with us.In Nigeria it is generally understood that anything goes. Whatever that means or entails can be interpreted in myriad of ways. Whatever matrix you use for your analysis, the conclusion though is that corruption is endemic. That notwithstanding, its uncontrolled population growth in a country where the rule of law barely exists, exacerbates the mix into a cocktail of undiluted palm wine gin derivative - Ogogoro. That mixture is bound to produce only one result – pandemonium. To be clear, it is not that they do not know or like what is good - they do but not in their own country. See how Nigerians in the diaspora are contributing to nation-building in their respective domicile - in politics, science, commerce, education, technology at the highest level and you might just come to the same conclusion as alluded in the aforementioned.
This attribution is to all Nigerians - Yoruba, Edo, Igbo, Igalla, Efik, Nupe, Ijaw, Ibibio, Hausa, Langtang, Fulani etc. etc. With all that has been mentioned above, there is no misgiving when tribal and regional hatred raises its head again and again. However, there is a distinctive trend with the current issues with Fulani herdsmen. It is important to categorically state that this is a very concerning phenomenon following the rise of the Islamic Terrorist Group Boko Haram. There seems to be a consensus that crime committed mostly by inhabitants from the North goes unpunished by the state. And this by and large, is attributed to the fact that the current ruling elites are from that region. Herdsmen running rampant with their cattles down south, causing havoc to farms, big and small. Gun men mostly from the north are kidnapping all and sundry wherever they chose with impunity. Acquiescence from the federal government is deafening. While some great people are attaining enviable status in the global scene, for some, it is better to go and kidnap school kids and get a laissez-faire “institution” to come and negotiate for their release; an institution that is much contented to pay the ransom, whatever the price. Is it any wonder that kidnapping is a better source of income for vagabond bandits. Kidnapping is far easier doing and rewarding than breaking into banks! Their only excuse is "injustice"" – “Our children have no access to education, jobs justice and opportunities”.
Please do watch the video below
If there is an immutable law in political doctrines, it's this - "do not underestimate the length human beings will go to, to exert or assert their freedom of choice, which for all intents and purposes is inherent". This has borne out repeatedly as history recalled.The Yoruba's fightback has begun.
This very powerful, informative, educative and evocative video clip is from one of our Yoruba Obas. . It captures the essence of Igboho's supporters all around the country with regards to the brutal and gruesome attack of a fellow loyal abiding Yoruba leader and citizen of Nigeria. We cannot stay quiet and let this inhumane and unjust manhunt of one of us go unabated - while cattle herdsmen from the north are rampaging down south, terrorists and kidnappers are going about committing atrocities with impunity on a daily basis. And what has been the government's response? Acquiescence.
Also, see how Wole Soyinka the Nigerian world-renowned playwright and Nobel prize winner, dismantled and ridiculed the government's argument as - disingenuous to the point of malfeasance in this video clip Link
THE CHANGE
The only thing that cannot change is change itself. Change is inevitable in life. It all started to change at a petrol garage in Ibadan. There was petrol scarcity and people had come to queue overnight to refuel their cars and motorbikes. At dawn, in the midst of hope, the convoy of the then governor of Oyo State, Alhaji Lam Adesina pulled into a petrol station, by-passing the queue – “ Injustice at play”! This is not fair - shouted Sunday. He stood out to challenge the governor’s convoy but the security aides, they are there to threaten and beat anybody for their “God” to have his way. .Today, a change must start. Sunday stood his ground and told them off, they threatened him and tried to rough handle him, it quickly developed into a scuffle as the bodyguards of the governor wanted to let him know “we are in power”. Not only did Sunday resisted the soldiers, but he also showed them wonders. They shot at him but to their astonishment, their bullet pellets were falling on the floor while Sunday was still there right in front of them, their guns and boot failed them, terribly.
Fear ensued among the soldiers as the downtrodden started to mock them. The Governor, Lam Adesina was watching and being a Yoruba man, he knew that what he has just observed was extraordinary, to say the least. He knew that this man who has just been shot at by his guards was no ordinary man. The governor knew this could go terribly wrong if he failed to propose mediation. So, he asked an aide to go and speak kindly to the man to come and see him. Sunday went to meet the governor and after they had talk. Sunday explained to the governor that it is simply “injustice” to ignore the voters who have come to queue all night by an elected officer and that the governor should lead by example by joining the queue. He maintained that “people were born equal”.
That day, Sunday and the governor became friends. He was invited to the government house and the governor liked him for his courage. After Lam Adesina left office, he was replaced by Governor Rasheed Ladoja, who also made friend with Sunday and made him one of his most trusted aides. This in the opening of a new chapter in Sunday’s life; the journey into political career.
People generally study and reflect on their national situations and circumstances all over the world such that grievances and other obstacles hindering progress can be addressed in an atmosphere that brings the collective under one roof, so to speak, to ascertain solutions. Nigerians, albeit, highly educated and celebrated globally, are very much lacking in this sphere when their own nation is literally falling apart (Chinua Achebe we need you). Comparatively, Nigeria has a highly educated population with respect to other African countries. One is then forced to ask this question - how is education measured in Nigeria? Has the “Yard Stick” or measuring standard been calibrated and if so by what measures? It is time to have a more matured debate about religious influences in education in the north and its consequences to the masses? Boko Haram did not just emerge from thin air. Evidence of other subsidiaries emerging like cockroaches out from the woodwork abound (cattle herdsmen, Fulani highway robbers, school children kidnappers, etc with Kalashnikovs guns). Sure sign that the federal government is still failing in its responsibilities to the nation - may be, just may be is time for a recalibration of the status quo?
The most constructive (productive) nations in the world are also classified by regional or geographic traits and boundaries. These successful nations nurture their citizens through rules and norms that are considered by all and sundry to be fair and just. This fabric that encapsulates a nation is the medium that make sure adequate checks and balances are in place to correct errors and deviations from the norms. Human beings by their very nature, be it from God or genetically coded (DNA), will often thrive to better themselves. Thus, good governance fosters good citizenship. Good governance is an arrangement of the people and their leaders to work towards a common good.
There is leadership vacuum in the present-day Nigeria. The level of distrust amongst different tribes as currently constituted has never been this manifested. No leadership to bring together a process of healing. Farmers in the southern part of the country are having their farmlands and source of income destroyed, their women and daughters kidnaped, raped and then murdered, farmers are getting kidnapped and then murdered, despite payment of ransom by their families. The police force is weakened from within, promotions are denied to the most qualified and to describe the rot in simple words, “nepotism and tribalism” has eroded confidence from the hearts of everyone.
There is now, an extraordinarily strong urge to revisit the amalgamation treaty enacted in 1914 which has been the basis for Nigeria’s existence up to this juncture. A change is inevitable.
LATEST WORK
We have now set up a central committee that is responsible for coordination of all actions with regards to threat on farm lands and kidnapping of ordinary citizens form both cattle herdsmen and Fulani's bandits respectively. We still do need local volunteers to increase the man power and other resources
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OUR MISSION
The Yorubas, wherever they are located within their dominions should be at peace within and without. Nobody from outsite their vicinity will threaten their life, livestock, farmland and resources. If federal government is acquiescing or facilating wrong doing from cattle herdsmen or kidnappers mostly from the north, rest assured we will not
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Our Vision
This endeavour is also coordination efforts in forming an active response force with remit to launch a counter offensive wherever there is a threat from an external force - cattle herdsmen, kidnappers or otherwise. These peaceful and God-fearing people will not be molested, threatened, or trampled upon by vagabond bandits.
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