Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, has called on Igbo indigenes to
ignore threats asking them to leave Yorubaland.
In a video circulating on social media, Grandson Adeyinka, a
UK-based Nigerian, called on Igbo indigenes to leave south-west
states.
In August 2019, Grandson was arrested in London for allegedly
“stirring racial discrimination” against the Igbo and Fulani ethnic
groups and also “encouraging terrorism”.
However, in the recent video, Adeyinka issued a 48-hour
ultimatum to the Igbo, warning that those who refuse to leave will
be dealt with.
“This is a warning to the Igbo people in Yorubaland. We are
giving you a 48-hour ultimatum from today, Friday 23rd October,
2020 until Sunday, 25th of October, 2020 to leave Yorubaland,” he
said.
“From Monday 26th of October, we will close the roads, stop
all the vehicles across Yorubaland and every Igbo national will be
dealt with accordingly. What happened at Ore in Ondo state in
August 1967 are just highlights of what we are going to do from
Monday, 26th October, 2020.”
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In August 1967, there was a mid-west invasion (operation torch)
in Ondo state between Nigerian and Biafran military forces during
the civil war.
However, Soyinka, in a statement on Saturday, condemned the
video, saying the threat “is the work of sick, cowardly minds”.
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