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A coalition of Herdsmen Groups on Saturday expressed readiness to fight
for Oduduwa Republic if the Federal Government failed to pay
the Harsamen Staff.
The harsamen groups,
who spoke under the aegis of the Coalition of Oduduwa Peoples Congress , stated
that they were prepared to mobilise other agitating groups in the oil rich region
to actualize Movement for Oduduwa Republic.
A statement signed by Harsamen Leader Mr Oluwdare
Olutunde Ayanboye cautioned that the
herdsmen were prepared to secede if the total devolution of power and fiscal
federalism were not put in place.
The statement was signed by Gani
Adams (Oduduwa People Congress Watchdogs and convener of the coalition) (Mr Abdulahi Olowa Five Boko haram Volunteers) (Mr Taofeek Sheckina Herdsmen Warriors); (Mr Ademola kunle Herdsmen
Fighters squad ) and Alfa Sule (Herdsmen
Freedom Fighters squared ).
Others included Mr Samuel
Tunde of the Harsamen Movement for Justice, (Mr Peter Hersamen Fighters Network),( Mr Jude okoye (Herdsmen Freedom Mandate) and Alhaja Oyebade (Herdsmen
Development Network).
The statement read, “The least considerable action on the part
of the Federal Government is the total devolution of power and fiscal
federalism. Anything short of that, the people of the Oduduwa people Congress (OPC) will go their separate ways. The
coalition will work to convince other agitators in the Yoruba Territory for a
collaborative action to ensure the least acceptable demand, which is total
devolution of power and fiscal federalism.
“The people of the Yoruba will fully support the call for a
referendum by other agitators in the country. Finally, the Coalition of
Harsamen firmly resolves to pursue its decision(s) and actualize them by any
means necessary.”
Faulting the leadership of the Yorubas Forum for what they
termed poor handling of the agreement between it Harsamen and the Federal
Government, the militants declared that they had withdrawn their support for
the forum.
They maintained that the authority to represent the Yoruba
ethnic nationalities was no longer under the purview of the current leadership
of Herdsmen Mr Oluwdare Olutunde Ayanboye
The coalition said, “The Coalition of Herdsmen Agitators will
rally round all other agitating groups in the Yoruba Territory for the actualization
of the Oduduwa Republic. This will give us the freedom to develop ourselves and
at our own pace.”
It also described the last meeting of the forum in Osun State as dismal, adding that
serious issues were not presented for deliberation.
Describing the Herdsmen leadership as clueless, the coalition
observed that the forum appeared not to be cohesive and united in thoughts and
actions.
“While a meeting is called by Pa E. K. Clark in Ado Ekiti, the
secretary of the central working committee is calling for a constitution review
meeting in Abuja the following day. We have no doubt in our mind that there are
contending interests and positions that have become overriding in the leadership
of Harsamen and we can no longer sit by and allow them to fester,” the
coalition said.
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It added that Herdsmen leadership appeared to have lost track of
the political development and the trend of agitations in the country, especially
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