MKO’s widow, Onitiri sponsored attack on Oyo Govt Secretariat, Prof. Akintoye alleges

Leader of the Yoruba Self Determination group, Professor Banji Akintoye has disassociated himself from the group that broke into the Oyo State Government Secretariat in Ibadan on Saturday, saying one of the widows of the late MKO Abiola, Modupe Onitiri Abiola, is the mastermind of the invasion.

According to him, those involved are not fighting for Yoruba interests, but rather against Yorubas in general.

He said information at his disposal, revealed that the group had previously chosen to install an interim government for the Yoruba Nation by flying their flag and assuming control of the region’s government from the Oyo State secretariat which explains why their men were dressed in military camouflage.

Prof Akintoye said “I am not connected, I have no contact and I do not know anything about Dupe Onitiri and her group. I don’t know what they are doing. I learnt they are engaged in some sort of insanity in Ibadan but that is entirely they, and it has nothing to do with me or people like Chief Sunday Igboho who are working with me

“We are the authentic Yoruba Nation Movement. We are not connected or working with any Fulani to suppress the Yorubas in Nigeria. That is what Onitiri and the people who are behind them, who we now know have been working with the Fulanis since the days of Babangida and Abacha time are doing.

“We are the people fighting for Yoruba Nation’s freedom and we will win the war peacefully and in an orderly manner.

“They are not struggling for the Yoruba Nation, they are struggling against the Yoruba Nation. I was not aware of the situation that happened in Ibadan until I was informed by Chief Sunday Igboho this morning. I am not part of it. They are not from us. They are followers of Onitiri. It is a lunatic fringe. We in this struggle won’t act in such a manner.”