Amotekun: Yoruba World Congress To Hold Solidarity Rally On Tuesday

Yoruba World Congress (YWC), an umbrella body of all Yoruba socio-cultural groups, has Promised to hold a peaceful rally in support of the recently launched Security Outfit code-named Operation Amotekun.

Naija News recalls that the security outfit which was recently established by governors of South-West Nigeria to wage war against insecurity across the region has been declared as illegal by the federal government

According to a statement by YWC Director of Contacts and Mobilisation, Comrade Victor Taiwo, the rally will hold simultaneously in Lagos, Abeokuta, Ibadan, Osogbo, Akure and Ado-Ekiti respectively from 9:00 am.

The statement reads, “All Yoruba people are urged to come out on Tuesday to show to the world that Amotekun has come to stay.”We must show the external forces and their internal collaborators who want to stampede our resolve to protect ourselves, safeguard our land from kidnappers, armed-robbery and put an end to consistent destruction of our farmlands that enough is enough.

“Well-meaning Yoruba people and leaders of thought would be at designated venues to address the protest. We want to assure our governors that Yoruba people are behind them on Amotekun.“We urge them not to shiver and they must never shiver. It is no retreat, no surrender. We will not surrender Amotekun.”

On the meeting points, those in Lagos are expected to converge at Gani Faweyinmi Park, Ojota; Oyo: opposite Agodi Cenotaph, Ogun: Pansheke Junction, Abeokuta; Osun: Nelson Mandela Freedom Park, Osogbo; Ondo: Alagbaka Roundabout, opposite First Bank, Akure, while those in Ekiti are to converge at Fajuyi Roundabout, Ado-Ekiti.