British Government Empowered Fulani To Dominate Owners of Nigeria, No One Should Stop Regions Which Want To Go – Prof Akintoye
According to Akintoye, the British empowered the Fulani over other tribes in 1960 during independence. Renowned historian and leader of the umbrella body of Yoruba self-determination movement, Ilana Omo Oodua, Emeritus Prof Banji Akintoye, has insisted that the Yoruba ethnic group needs its own country out of present Nigeria. According to Akintoye, the British empowered the Fulani over other tribes in 1960 during independence. The renowned historian was reacting to the move by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State to acquire weapons for the state’s Security Network, known as Amotekun after the Nigerian government allegedly approved sophisticated weapons for a similar security outfit operated by the Katsina State Government. “The video making the rounds showing the equivalent of the Western Nigeria Security Network (Amotekun Corps) in Katsina, obtaining the approval of the Federal Government to bear arms is fraught with great dangers. Denying Amotekun the urgently needed rights, to