Group calls for unity in Yorubaland

Yoruba sons and daughters in their thousands assembled in Ibadan at the weekend to commemorate this year Yoruba National Day which marked the end of Kiriji War in 1886.

The Yoruba National Day 2023, Themed: “Peace and Unity in Yorubaland,” was held at the Ile-Ibadan, Oke Aremo, Ibadan.

Addressing newsmen at the event, the convener and leader of Idande Yoruba socio-cultura group, Architect Opeoluwa Akinola, said that the vision and objectives of every Pan-Yoruba Groups, though in different dimension and approaches, is to bring unity, not disaffection among the race.

Architect Akinola, urged people not to be concerned about skirmishes among some Yorubas but rather concentrate on unity of the Yorubas and how to actualise the dream of the Yoruba Nation.

Also speaking, commandant, Idande Ekiti branch, Emmanuel Apata, was optimistic that coming together of Yorùbá will bring progress that could be extended to Nigeria at large.

However, a Yoruba elder, Moshod Tomori, who graced the event, emphasised that Yoruba people needed to remove the prejudice created by early educationists and missionaries to actualize deserved unity.

Contributing, an Artist, Tunde Adelade, urged Yoruba people to learn to work together in resonance with other ethnic groups for the progress and co-existence of the country.

September 23 of every year has been regarded as Yoruba National Day which marked the end of Kiriji War in 1886, a 16-year-long civil war between the subethnic kingdoms of the Yoruba people.