The Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE) has said it was working behind the scene to ensure that the Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, is released from the custody in Benin Republic.
The YCE also said the younger generation in Nigeria had become frustrated because the present state of the country did not give them any hope of the future.
The Secretary General of YCE, Dr Kunle Olajide, said this after a meeting in Ibadan, Oyo State on Thursday.
Olajide said the YCE was not opposed to the reaction of the younger generation, but want them to be moderate in their reaction.
He said, “We don’t want to sacrifice them because the power of government is enormous and we can see what is happening now.
“So, whatever we can do we are doing it behind the scenes to ensure the freedom of Sunday Igboho in Benin Republic.”
A communique read by Pa Niyi Ajibulu, Secretary of the Ekiti State chapter of YCE, said insecurity had assumed a dangerous dimension and something urgent needed to be done to end it.
It reads partly, “The council views that the trend whereby the citizens will not be able to go about their normal business as totally unacceptable and should not continue.
“The menace, threat of Fulani herdsmen, bandit and kidnappers should be contained with a view to sanitizing the society. As far as Yoruba council of elders is concerned, we believe that Nigeria should be made workable and conducive for all regardless of religion or ethnicity.
“Under no circumstances should any Yoruba son, daughter, group or organisation be victimised, hounded and persecuted. The Yoruba council of elders is calling on all Yoruba sons and daughters, groups and organisations to close ranks and be united in the face of the present circumstances in Nigeria.
“The Yoruba Council of Elders again restates that the 1999 Constitution is a quasi-dictatorial document imposed on Nigerians and that it is responsible for most of the current challenges.
“The council of elders is therefore again calling on the Federal Government to accommodate true federalism and a new constitution by the Nigerian people.”
