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In a statement issued by his media aide, Kehinde Aderemi, the Yoruba warlord, warned that nobody should take his silence for cowardice. Adams, who reacted to the controversy generated by an audio clip
The Yoruba generalissimo made his position known in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Aderemi
In his inaugural address yesterday to Nigerians, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said: “Our administration shall govern on your behalf but never rule over you. We shall consult and dialogue but never dictate. We shall reach out to all but never put down a single person for holding views contrary to our own.”
Someone forwarded an audio recording to me few days ago which must have been preserved for more than 57 years. It was the voice of Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola (SLA), the last Premier of the Western Region and the 13th Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland The voice was unmistakable, in his distinctive Ogbomosho accent. The summary of what he said, which I have transcribed from Yoruba to English (as best as I could) was:
They can each pursue this interest in their separate countries. Cultural, linguistic and tribal homogeneity would promote institutional stability for the separate nations. There are points in life where all forms of pretenses should be jettisoned and people must be pragmatic; I believe that time is now.