'Yoruba unity our topmost agenda' | The Nation Newspaper

A socio-cultural Yoruba group, ‘Idande Omo O’dua, has said unity of Yorubaland remains it’s topmost agenda, stating there is no going back on it.

“President Bola Tinubu has his job cut out for him and that is to make sure Nigeria works. We want to ensure that the Yorubas are united, and we wish him well and good luck. But we have the mandate to keep the Yoruba race united and peaceful.” According to him, the ‘Kiriji war which lasted 16 years, between 1877 and 1886, remains symbolic part of the Yoruba history as it explains an intra racial war among the Yoruba ethnic stock from the south western part of Nigeria and the importance of unity and peace.

“So, it took sixteen years before that war came to an end, it’s the longest civil war in our history. It took 16 year before the war was stopped and it was thought out of arms tests by the British in 1886. That’s why we’re celebrating today. And we have been having 137 year of enduring peace among all Yoruba people.”

“All of us are here ably represented and we’re happy doing this, we’re celebrating peace, and the lesson to learn from today is that Yoruba is now together and will continue to emphasize and develop on that unity.”

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