UN protest: Declare Miyetti Allah, Bandits terrorists, not Yoruba Nation agitators, OPU tells FG

The O’odua Progressive Union has asked the Federal Government to declare Miyetti Allah and bandits as terrorists instead of threatening the Yoruba nation agitators.

The group, however, urged the Federal Government to address the various security challenges in the country, and leave the Yoruba nation agitators alone.

Speaking against the backdrop of the recent attack by the Federal Government on Yoruba nation agitators, for keeping association with the proscribed Indigenous people of Biafra, the group said it is unfortunate for the Federal Government to threaten to judge the Yoruba nation agitators by the company they keep.

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, had on Wednesday, flayed the efforts of Nigerian diaspora groups comprising Yoruba sons and daughters, using the world’s largest platform – the United Nations General Assembly – to garner attention to their causes of seeking self determination.

OPU in a statement by its Director of Communication, Akeem Apena, said Yoruba Nation agitators had committed no offence by joining other like-minded groups in driving home their self-determination agenda.