A South-West coalition reportedly made up of over 100 groups under the auspices of Alliance for Yoruba Democratic Movement (AYDM), have warned those calling for the military to stage a coup and take over the government of President Bola Tinubu, to desist from such calls as they are unwarranted.
The AYDM which gave the warning after its Pan-Yoruba-Itsekiri Global Summit held in Lagos on Saturday with the theme, ‘Sustainable Democracy in Nigeria: The Role of Non-state Actors,’ faulted the promoters of a military coup in Nigeria, adding that the South-West would not hesitate to secede from Nigeria in the event of a military take over.
In a communiqué issued at the end of the summit, the AYDM, said it was aware of the historic challenges faced by the country, but was worried by calls for a military coup coming from a section of the country.
“We are alarmed that some people in their desperation are calling for military rule. Let those who plan a return to dictatorship know that there will be no military rule in the entire Oduduwa territories,” the group said.
“Our people will resist with all our strength even if it means armed resistance. Since the 1914 forceful amalgamation of Nigeria, the potentials of the Yoruba people have been stunted and it was time for the Yoruba people to leave Nigeria as a viable alternative to ceaseless violence, killings and coups. We are alarmed that some people in their desperation are calling for military rule.
“Let those who plan a return to dictatorship know that there will be no military rule in the entire Oduduwa territories. Our people will resist with all our strength even if it means armed resistance.
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“Those calling for military intervention are the same people solely responsible for the rot, the systemic decay, the persecution of ethnic groups and the laying of the very foundation responsible for the current challenges that confront Nigeria.
“The people calling for military intervention kept quiet for eight years when their candidate was the President of Nigeria with his parochial and self-serving policies which partly created the woes that currently face the country today.
“But in less than one year, they want the country to burn. There is a plot by some martial forces to stage a military coup and a comeback of the same forces that laid the foundation for the ruin of the country.
“Advocates of military rule are from a particular sector of the country doing so for parochial interests. These are ethnic far-right elements who want to control the country by all means.
“In their archaic tradition, they detest the fact that people have the right to vote and power has to shift from them. This is the only reason they are plotting to overthrow the minimum gains of democracy.”
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