The Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE) and an elder statesman, Dr. Kunle Olajide, yesterday, faulted the formation of a parallel group, Council of Yoruba Elders (CYE), saying the YCE is active, functional, and well-established.[ad] Recall that Dr. Victor Taiwo had last Thursday launched CYE in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.Reacting to the development, the YCE through its Secretary-General, Chief Oladipo Oyewole, said the move was unnecessary.
The Yoruba Council of Elders and an elder statesman, Dr. Kunle Olajide, yesterday, faulted the formation of a parallel group, Council of Yoruba Elders , saying the YCE is active, functional, and well-establishedNew group absolutely unnecessary, says Olajide
Oyewole said the CYE was an illegality, adding that the elders would not encourage a division of Yoruba voice. “The position of Igbimo Agba Yoruba is that the assembly is an illegality but we would not encourage a division of Yoruba voice as it is presently elsewhere. We will handle this with maturity as elders.”
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