PAN YORUBA GROUPS DISCREDIT POLICE UNFOUNDED REPORT ON ALLEGED IPOB PLAN TO ATTACK LAGOS

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Pan Yoruba Groups across the globe have frowned at a recent report issued by the Nigerian Police Force which alleged that some members of IPOB have planned to carry out attacks on Lagos state.

According to the released Press Statement co-signed by the respective Yoruba groups, the police statement carries the possibility of being misinterpreted as an Igbo plot against Lagos and Yoruba people. They said that such perception is dangerous given the fragile nature of Nigeria.

The groups said that while they cherish the responsibility of the police to do their work, they are concerned about the public declaration of the alleged IPOB plans to attack Lagos by the Nigerian Police giving that it could be misinterpreted and cause more tribal tensions between Yorubas and Igbos.

“We are worried that since the police already claim to be in possession of what appears to be a confidential information, the proper thing would have been to discreetly go after the IPOB members to arrest them unless the police is not sure of its information,” they said.

The Pan Yoruba Groups also said that they are deeply concerned that the Police publicly declared allegations tempts the prospect of setting Yoruba in the South West against Igbos.

The Pan Yoruba group decried the police open statement saying that it is very unfortunate at a time that state institutions are increasingly being turned to instruments for pursuing primordial ethnic interests.

“The Yoruba will work never to allow this to happen,” they declared.

Read the full Press Statement below:

His Majesty, Eze Chukwuemeka Eri, Ezeora 34th, Aka Ji Ovo Igbo, Ooni of Ife & Arole Oduduwa, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II and The Eze Ndigbo of Ife, Ezekiel Onyejekwe
His Majesty, Eze Chukwuemeka Eri, Ezeora 34th, Aka Ji Ovo Igbo, Ooni of Ife & Arole Oduduwa, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II and The Eze Ndigbo of Ife, Ezekiel Onyejekwe

PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MONDAY MAY 10, 2021

POLICE REPORT ON IPOB ALLEGED PLAN TO ATTACK LAGOS

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1) The attention of Pan Yoruba groups has been drawn to reports by the Nigerian Police Force, NPF that Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, (IPOB-IGBO) are planning to attack Lagos. The Lagos State Commissioner Odumosu made the allegation in Lagos today. He speaks for the police high command in Abuja.

2) While we cherish the responsibility of the police to do their work, we are concerned about the public declaration of the alleged IPOB plans to attack Lagos by the Nigerian Police

3) We are worried that since the police already claim to be in possession of what appears to be a confidential information, the proper thing would have been to discreetly go after the IPOB members to arrest them unless the police is not sure of its information.

4) The police statement carries the possibility of being misinterpreted as an Igbo plot against Lagos and Yoruba people. This is dangerous given the fragile nature of Nigeria.

5)We are deeply concerned that the Police publicly declared allegations tempts the prospect of setting Yoruba in the South West against Igbos. This is very unfortunate at a time that state institutions are increasingly being turned to instruments for pursuing primordial ethnic interests. The Yoruba will work never to allow this to happen

6)We are concerned that terrorists and armed herdsmen of Fulani extraction have openly been attacking, kidnapping, raping and killing Yoruba people in the South West but at no time did the police call a press conference to announce such plan after before or after each horrendous killings. There was also never a time the police linked such attacks to any ethnic group.

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7) Only recently, Yoruba in Mile 2 were attacked by these people, the police did not make any attempt to speak about the ethnic identity of the perpetrators yet we know they are largely from a section in the North.

8) We are concerned that the police allegation risks setting a greater danger of ethnic conflict between Igbo and Yoruba people, conscious that this will benefit a certain group who think setting Igbo against Yoruba will meet the objective of scuttling the search for peaceful self determination by the two great civilisations

9) We urge the police not to allow themselves to be used by the desperate Caliphate whose agelong dream is to divide the South and set the people against each other for its own narrow gains

10) We urge Yoruba people to ignore the conscious attempts to cause ethnic conflict between Igbo and Yoruba at this time that both ethnic groups need each other.

11) The police should avoid ethnic profiling. It is dangerous. The Pan Yoruba groups assure of our collective desire to sustain peaceful coexistence between Igbo and Yoruba and avoid any slide into ethnic conflict, an ill wind that blows no one any good. To this end, we shall set up a Committee to work out a platform to sustain ethnic harmony in Lagos.

12) On police plan to attack agitators for Yoruba self determination, We urge the police have respect for internation laws and should signify the basic democratic principle which is the right of a people to debate their political and economic future.

Signed

1) Femi Ajibola Oodua Nationalist Coalition, ONAC

2) Dr Kunle Oshodi, Agbekoya

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3) Alhaji Taofik Adeyemi, Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC (Reformed)

4) Chief Diran Obalola Oodua Liberation Movement, OLM

5) Mr Femi Agbana Yoruba World Congress, (YWC-Lagos State Chapter)

6) Mr Rasaq Arogundade, Oodua Peoples Congress, (OPC-Reformed)

7) Mrs Eunice Okunola, Oodua Women Coalition, (OWC)

8) Pastor Goke Otunla, Network for Yoruba Alliance, (NENA)

9) Ahmed Korede Apapo Oodua Koya, (AOKOYA)

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