• Condemn the time of protest
• He said that more than 90% of the Yoruba are fed up with Nigeria
The Forum of Senior Elders of the Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE), yesterday, frowned on the protests that took place in Ojota in Lagos, which resulted in the death of several young Nigerians.
However, the elders condemned the committee for giving the youths a warning when they live abroad and watch it on television.
The senior elders, who spoke through the former National President of YCE, Colonel Samuel Adeleye (rtd), in a statement made available to newsmen in Ibadan, advised the youths not to allow themselves to be used by those who live in their comfort zone. abroad and told them to face the bullets at home.
In another development, the YCE senior elders forum said more than 90 percent of people in the South-West are fed up with the “concoction we call Nigeria.”
According to them, except for the neglected few who only eat “crumbs that fall from the master’s table,” the percentage prefers to renegotiate the amalgamation of Nigeria.
“We heard reports that the protest was organized by people outside the country. This makes us a little unhappy because the people who organized the protest did not come to lead or monitor it to prevent violence. We cannot allow our youth to be used as cannon fodder ,” the statement said.
“If we had an inkling that they would hold a protest, we would advise them not to do so because Nigeria is in a dangerous situation, especially now that the election is only about 45 days away. At the moment, whoever is organizing the protest, chose the wrong time. This is It’s a very volatile and sensitive period. People need to plan more and think more,” the statement said.
The elders said they had warned the Federal Government not to postpone the February general elections, noting that such a move could lead to chaos and anarchy in the country.
He reasoned that postponing the election would only mean postponing the bad day, adding that in the future the country would still have to face the issue.
The apex Yoruba non-political association said the Afenifere, as a socio-cultural group, has the right to express its opinion but the Yoruba people know the direction the election will take.
In a letter written by former President Olusegun Obasanjo who supported the Labor Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, the YCE called on the people of the zone to dismiss it with a wave of their hands, saying it had become the habit of the former. The president wrote a letter but Nigerians, especially the Yoruba people, are now wiser in choosing who they want to lead.