Oduduwa Republic: Tinubu, Gbaja, Govs, Others To Hold
Meeting
Amid raging calls for secession, South-West governors are
expected to attend a meeting at the Lagos House, Marina, on Sunday, May 23,
2021.
The meeting, it was learnt, is being convened by a former
interim Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Bisi Akande.
Those expected to attend the meeting are: Speaker of the
House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila; APC stalwart, Bola Tinubu;
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State; his Ogun State counterpart, Dapo
Abiodun; Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State and Ondo State Governor, Rotimi
Akeredolu.
Others invited to the meeting include: Ekiti State Governor,
Kayode Fayemi, who is also the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors
Forum; the Chairman, Police Service Commission, Musiliu
Smith; a former Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Alani Akinrinade; and former APC
South-West Vice Chairman, Pius Akinyelure.
Governor Dapo Abiodun, Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, Governor
Babajide Sanwo-olu, Former IGP, Alhaji Musiliu Smith.”
Although the agenda of the meeting was not stated, our
correspondent was informed that the meeting was convened to address rising
calls for secession in the light of the activities of personalities like Sunday
Igboho and others.
The South-West has also been championing the demand for
fiscal federalism.
The zone which is a major contender for the Presidency in
2023, has witnessed a recent rise in right wing nationalism which has led to
the expulsion of Fulani from some communities.
On Saturday, agitators under the aegis of Omo Oduduwa United
stormed the streets in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State, to demand secession
from Nigeria.
One of the leaders of Yoruba nation agitators, Igboho,
threatened that there would be no election in the South-West come 2023.
