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UNITED NATIONS DENOUNCE THREAT TO REMOVE IGBOS FROM NORTHERN NIGERIA
OHCHR | Nigeria: UN experts denounce ultimatum and death threats targeting Igbo minority
GENEVA (25 August 2017) – An ultimatum telling Nigeria’s Igbo minority in the north of the country to flee their homes is of “grave concern”, a group of United Nations human rights experts* has warned.

The experts also deplored a hate song and audio message being circulated on the internet and on social media. The Hausa-language audio message urges northern Nigerians to destroy the property of Igbo people and kill anyone who refuses to leave by 1 October, the same date given in the ultimatum.

“We are gravely concerned about this proliferation of hate messages and incitement to violence against the Igbo and their property, especially considering the previous history of such violence,” the experts said.

“The Government must be vigilant, as hate speech and incitement can endanger social cohesion and threaten peace by deepening the existing tensions between Nigeria’s ethnic communities.”

The ultimatum was issued on 6 June 2017 during a press briefing by the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum in the city of Kaduna. It called for sustained and coordinated campaigns to remove the Igbo population from the northern region.

The human rights experts noted that some local and national figures, as well as some media representatives, had publicly denounced any form of hate speech and incitement, but said other officials still needed to follow suit.

“We are deeply concerned that some prominent local leaders and elders have not condemned the ultimatum, hate speech and the perpetrators,” the experts stressed.

“We call on the Government, media and civil society representatives, and local and religious leaders, to reject and condemn hate speech and incitement to violence unequivocally and in the strongest possible terms.”

The UN experts said any incidents of hate speech and incitement to violence had to be investigated and the perpetrators prosecuted and punished. “This includes the people behind the ultimatum and those responsible for the creation, publication and circulation of the hate song and audio message,” they added.

(*) The experts: Mr. Mutuma Ruteere, Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance; Mr. Fernand de Varennes, Special Rapporteur on minority issues, and Ms. Anastasia Crickley, Chairperson of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

Special Rapporteurs are part of what is known as the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council. Special Procedures, the largest body of independent experts in the UN Human Rights system, is the general name of the Council’s independent fact-finding and monitoring mechanisms that address either specific country situations or thematic issues in all parts of the world. Special Procedures’ experts work on a voluntary basis; they are not UN staff and do not receive a salary for their work. They are independent from any government or organization and serve in their individual capacity.

For further information and media requests, please contact Ms. Karin Hechenleitner Schacht (+41 22 917 9408 / khechenleitner@ohchr.org / racism@ohchr.org) or Mr. Damianos Serefidis (+41 22 917 96 81/ dserefidis@ohchr.org / minorityissues@ohchr.org)
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I Will Advocate The Breakaway Of Yoruba From Nigeria –Femi Fani-Kayode | Sahara Reporters
Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, Former Minister of Aviation, has threatened to champion the break of Nigeria if the country is not restructured. Mr. Fani-Kayode insisted that restructuring of the country on a regional area is best for the country, and he also made it clear that he will not stop at anything until restructuring is achieved.

“It is a call for separation and call to exercise the right to leave the federation. We have been telling people to give Nigeria a chance but without restructuring, this country will break. That is why those that really want the unity of this country will want this. Let’s have a true federation and let’s treat every Nigerian equally," he said.

“If we don’t have restructuring, we will break off and I will advocate the breaking off of this country. My fear is that if we do not take the restructuring thing seriously and do something about it, it may be the end of this country," he upheld.

Mr. Fani-Kayode beckoned on Yorubas to demand restructuring as a form of reorganizing the country from the present country, claiming the Yoruba tribe deserved more than what they are getting from the country, especially the present administration.

“The situation that we are second-class citizens of this country is unacceptable to me and unacceptable to the majority of the Yoruba people. Nobody can silence the voice of the Yorubas. It’s time for us to think again, if Nigeria is not restructured, if we do not have region restructuring, let us prepare for Oduduwa republic,” Mr. Fani-Kayode lamented.

The former aviation minister urged the present government to listen to the demands of the people who are clamoring for restructuring of the country. He further called on leaders of political parties from every part of the country to join in the demand and ensure that the country is restructured.

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THE ZOO MUST BE DESTROYED

Disunited Yoruba Will Stumble By Bayo Oluwasanmi | Sahara Reporters
These are heady days for Yoruba unity.

The Yoruba Summit held last week in Ibadan represents a milestone in the way forward to extricate ourselves from the political sinking ship of Nigeria. Though the communique issued at the end of the summit didn't call for outright separation of Yoruba from Nigeria, the 16-point resolve unequivocally put the Buhari administration on notice to start restructure now or risk tearing the country into shreds.

I'm for total separation of Yoruba from primitive, lawless, chaotic, crisis ridden ungovernable Nigeria. Nonetheless, I believe the Yoruba Summit was a good start to begin our journey to Oduduwa Republic because I'm more than convinced the Hausa/Fulani oligarchy – defenders of the status quo – would never agree to any meaningful restructure.

Like any other ethnic group, Yoruba people are exposed to their share of human character at its worst. The Hausa/Fulani are politically savvy at dividing Yorubas to maintain and monopolize their hegemony at the center with the active collaboration of some traitors within the Yoruba people. Yorubas have been their own greatest enemies in the past as they patiently and obediently bowed to their second class treatment by Hausa/Fulani. Yorubas have been robbed of the presidency by Hausa/Fulani many times. Remember the gap-tooth Hausa monster Ibrahim Babangida who annulled June 12 presidential election won by MKO, a Yoruba. How could we forget the trumped up charges of treasonable felony preferred against Chief Awolowo by Hausa/Fulani led federal government of Tafawa Balewa? I can use a myriad of metaphors and platitudes to capture the chord of commonality – disunity – employed by Hausa/Fulani to achieve their political objectives.

The enemies within and without are at their game again. They're trying to downplay the importance of the Yoruba Summit. The reaction of some Yorubas on the social media on the Yoruba Summit is a confusing sum of disconnected and fragmented forces. Some argued that the summit was a summit of Christians because Muslims were excluded. Others said they were not consulted for their opinions hence the organizers cold not have acted on their behalf. Yet, others said how could people like Governor Ayodele Fayose and Femi Fani-Kayode speak for them. It's on record that the summit could boast of both Christian and Muslim members. Chief Sofola (SAN), leader of the Yoruba Council of Elders, governors Aregbesola, Ajimobi, Amosun, Alhaji Wale Osun, leader of Afenifere Renewal Group, Alhaji Taofeeq Akinwale, one of the resource persons at the summit, are all Muslims.

All the governors were present or represented. Yoruba Obas were led by Ooni of Ife and Alaafin represented by the Bashorun of Oyo the traditional Prime Minister. Also present were the Yoruba Council of Elders, Afenifere, the ARG, Vice-President Osinbajo represented by Femi Ojudu the political adviser to the President. Well known heavy weights of APC and PDP and thousands of party supporters from both parties buried their differences to discuss and fight for the common interest of all Yorubas regardless of political philosophy, party affiliation, and religious beliefs. Legislators from all the Yoruba states, the National Assembly were also represented and made presentations.

The critics of the summit on social media ridiculed the summit with personal charged jokes and jeers while some more reserved burst into hysterics. I couldn't wait to finish reading their comments so I could get a respite from the ignorance and mean-spirited comments. It's disappointing to say the least that these Yoruba social media renegades prefer promoting Hausa/Fulani like Atiku and Buhari for 2019 instead of uniting with other Yorubas and fight for the liberation of their people. It's comedic reading the fictional account of the summit by the purveyors of disunity – the distant devil – that plays among unsuspecting Yorubas and would strike in the days ahead to disparage and disperse the collective liberating voice of the representatives of our people.

Disunity is the greatest devil that torments the Yoruba people. This unimpeachable reality brings tears that sting the eyes. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., said “to lose illusions is to gain truth.” It's time for the hallucinating critics of Yoruba unity to face the truth and reality that a disunited Yoruba will stumble.

“Truth can be the extra strength pain reliever or the sledge hammer to the forehead.” The summit to the majority of Yorubas is an emancipating truth. To those who serve as willing tools in the hands of enemies of Yoruba unity, they are instantly stunned and rendered unconscious and useless to the cause and struggle of our people to free themselves from the yoke and shackles of Hausa/Fulani hegemony.

Yoruba unity has never been vital to our survival as a people than now. We should not play with disunity – a weapon – that can wreak havoc on our fragile unity. We should not allow unguarded and misguided underdog groups fabricate their own compensatory versions of history. If our unity is cracked open, it'll mean a journey into the unknown for a group never before so divided. We cannot and we must not gamble our resolve at the altar of clandestine and corrupt influences of the enemies of Yoruba people. Disunity will either instantly kill us or slowly bleed us dry of our dream, hope, aspirations, self-determination and ultimately our independence. But as history will show, disunity is as fluid as a lava flow. It never goes away. It just erupts from time to time. We must rise above it and jealously guard our unity.

We must stick to the 16-point demand reached at the Yoruba Summit. The Buhari administration has chosen a time and a moment that would prove to be a great calamity if it fails to act wisely and promptly. To the agents of disunity, history will hold you accountable for the rupture of a dream of Yoruba people. That will be the inscription etched deep on your tombstones.

The die is cast. The revolution has begun. There's no turning back!
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