There has never been a better time to call for the de-amalgamation of the country called Nigeria.
Nationalism means different things to different people and in a complex country like Nigeria, one wonders what Nationalism means.
In a country with more than 500 ethnic tribes and over 250 languages how do you find a single idea to encompass what nationalism entails to so many different people groups? With the monopoly of incessant killings by the Fulani herdsmen and Boko Haram bandits, and the supposed fulanisation of Nigeria, it seems inevitable that the die has been cast on the fate of Nigeria.
With agitations from the Indigenous people of Biafra, Ogoni and now the Yoruba people, it seems the entire southern Nigeria are now singing from the same hymn sheet of secession. Many countries have seceded in the past, some through relatively long and painful processes and some by mutual consent. Whether Nigeria will choose the gentleman’s approach as enshrined in the amalgamation document remains for all to see.
No divorce is easy and for many,Mr Kayode Emola said the breakup of Nigeria will come with its own emotion, not least because of the inter-marriages that has taken place for more than a century. With the Yoruba people now registered as the 45th member of the Unrepresented Nations Peoples Organisations (UNPO) on 31st July 2020, there is no other clearer signal than this that the breakup of Nigeria is inevitable.
With the entire southern Nigeria calling for secession and the middle belt dissociating themselves from the northern Nigeria, it is safe to say that more than 60% of the people of Nigeria now want out. As part of a global campaign,Mr Emola Kayode urges every Ọmọ Yoruba around the world to partake in a mass rally across several cities internationally on 1st October 2020.
This is to drive home our demands to the political & traditional leaders to do the needful in honouring the amalgamation agreement and allowing a peaceaful dissolution.