Yoruba youths under the auspices of Yoruba Youth Groups Coalition (YYGC) on Tuesday kicked against the election of Professor Banji Akintoye as the leader of Yoruba nation.
They posited that the action is capable of derailing the development and progress of the Yoruba race.
The youth who stated this during a press conference in Akure, Ondo State capital, stated that the choice of Akintoye as leader of Yoruba was designed to cause divisions among Yoruba elders.
Speaking on behalf of the group, the National Leader of Yoruba Youths, Eric Oluwole, and the coalition Spokesperson, Ojo Aremo, maintained that Afenifere remained the only umbrella body of the Yoruba nation.
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“We wish to state without mincing words and unequivocally that the youths of Yoruba extraction vehemently denounce the declaration of Prof Akintoye as the leader of Yoruba race.
“We restate that for the time being, Afenifere remains our umbrella body and that support be given to the existing leadership.
“While we note the essence and need for a Yoruba leader at a critical point in time like this, the youth frowns at a backyard and lopsided process to produce a leader for the Yoruba race.”
The youth fingered some elements who are using the platform to achieve their personal and selfish interest and “are playing the cards of a spoiler prepared by those head bent at destroying the collective interest of our race.”
The group, however, charged Akintoye to put the interest of Yoruba race first and his name urging him not to tow the path of the hungry and money mongers who have been using his name to score a cheap political point and to destroy Yoruba collective heritage.
