Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, known better as Sunday Igboho on Saturday vowed that there was no going back on the quest for an independent Yoruba nation.
He spoke in Akure, the Ondo State capital, when agitators under the auspices, Ilana Omo Oodua, staged their rally in the state.
FirstNews reported that women, masquerades, Okada riders and youths converged on lsinkan Roundabout before marching to other parts Akure.
Igboho, who spoke at the palace of the first-class traditional ruler in the state, the Deji of Akure land, Oba Aladetoyinbo Aladelusi, reiterated that no amount of threat and intimidation would thwart the actualisation of the Yoruba Nation.
He said, ”We don’t want one Nigeria again but Yoruba nation. There is no essence for one Nigeria. We are being marginalised. We say enough is enough.
“Enough is enough, no going back… we are not scared of anybody, these killer herders are taking over our land and they are killing us, raping our wives, female children in our presence, and would also take over our land.
“We are not safe in our own country, we can’t sleep in peace, we can’t travel in peace, we can’t go to our farm in peace, what have we done? Is it a sin or are we slaves in our fatherland?
“Please what have done wrong?. We have chosen the wrong leaders and we are now tired and saying that enough is enough.”
Tendering apologies to those he might have offended he said, “We have now realised that all our traditional rulers are with us in this struggle.
“The traditional rulers in the southwest and all our governors in the region are united with us in the agitation.”
According to him, traditional rulers had been relegated by the political class and turned to errand boys.
“This is demeaning and we are saying enough is enough. Traditional should be accorded their rightful places in decision making,” he said
In his response on behalf of the monarch, the Edemo of Akureland High Chief Afolabi Fayehun pleaded with Igboho and his group to ensure not to result to violence but make sure they present their demands peacefully and with decorum.