Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose , at a yoruba summit
held in Ibadan yesterday, alleged that Yoruba elders were the problem of
the region because they failed in their duty to protect their own
people.
He said, "People can only discard my voice but
they cannot throw me away. Our forefathers in Yoruba land tried their
best but the present Yoruba elders are our problem. This is our
fathers's land and they must defend it.
"We have had
great meetings like this that were held in the past and which were
attended by Yoruba elders, but after the meetings, the so-called elders
would approach the media and said we do not need restructuring. This
does not make any sense.
"The war against Yoruba land is
from within. We have selfish elders in the land. Through the period
when one of our elders ruled Nigeria, he never deemed it fit to honour
Chief M.K.O. Abiola, who died fighting the cause of Yoruba people.
"We
are fighting for a just cause now but this man will appear on the
television and say restructuring is not the way. He put us in the
position we are today”
Fayose said he supported the position of the forum and that there was no alternative to a return to regionalism.
He
said,“I align myself with what our elders have said but they must fight
without fear if we have to move forward. God will help you. There is no
alternative to regionalism.
"You cannot blame the
governors who are not here because our present leaders have turned
themselves to Lions. When the governors want to talk, they roar at them
to keep them quiet”