Yoruba youths hoist Oduduwa Republic flags in Lagos
March 17th, 2021
Some Yoruba youths on Monday removed Nigerian flags and replaced them with Oduduwa Republic flags around Teslim Balogun Stadium, in Surulere, Lagos State.
This was seen in a viral video shared on Instagram.
Nigeria is facing many challenges, some bordering on insecurity in the South which has recently contributed to agitations for self-determination.
The unabated killing and kidnapping of people in the South-West by suspected Fulani herdsmen and the Nigerian government’s failure to solve the problem have also caused tensions between the region and North.
The murderous herders have killed thousands of people, burnt
houses, destroyed farms and people’s means of livelihood, displaced villagers,
raped women, among other atrocities yet the government and security agencies
have appeared helpless in tackling the problems.
The hoisting of Oduduwa flags by these youths might also be connected with what
a Yoruba elder statesman, Prof. Banji Akintoye, recently said in an interview
that “the remedy to the bondage we are in, the remedy to the enslavement we are
suffering on our ancestral space is called self-determination.”
Sahara Reporters