On Saturday, the office of the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami said it was open to all options to put a stop to calls for Nigeria’s break-up.
The umbrella body of the Yoruba self-determination group known as Ilana Omo Oodua, headed by Professor Banji Akintoye has kicked against a report that it might be outlawed by the Nigerian government.On Saturday, the office of the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami said it was open to all options to put a stop to calls for Nigeria’s break-up.
All our members arrested in Ojota , were charged with disturbance of public peace but later released. Why weren’t they charged with treasonable felony or murder?“If the government proscribes us, we are going to challenge it in the court of law because we have committed no offence. It is an organisation that believes in peaceful agitation for self-determination. We even released a manual on peaceful agitation for self-determination as authored by our leader, Emeritus Professor Banji Akintoye.
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