O’Odua group warns Yoruba leaders against
alliance with Hausa/Fulani
WITH an accusation that President Goodluck
Jonathan was employing divide and rule against the
North in order to actualise his ambition, the Arewa
elders said Thursday that the region would not
support his candidacy for the 2015 presidency.
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) spoke during
their Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Kaduna
Thursday to review the year’s events and chart the
way forward for the region.
In another development, self-determination groups
in the South West have urged Yoruba leaders to be
more concerned with the restructuring of the
country and pay less attention to presenting a
presidential candidate for the 2015 general election.
The group also warned Yoruba leaders of being
circumspect in forming political alliance with any
ethnic group that does not believe in the
restructuring of the country to reflect true
federalism.
In a statement in Ibadan on Wednesday, the O’Odua
Nationalist Coalition (ONAC) said that winning the
2015 election should less concern the region than
restructuring the country. It noted that, “elections are
short-term solutions while restructuring of the
country offers an enduring solution to the
contradictions of Nigeria, a country that continues to
stifle the populace.”
Meanwhile, the ACF National Chairman, Alhaji Aliko
Mohammed, drew attention to the activities of some
prominent Arewa elders, Gen. Lawrence Onoja (rtd)
and Senator John Wash Pam, who were alleged to
have told Jonathan that the North was backing his
2015 presidential ambition.
He said: “It is very sad that the Presidency has
employed divide and rule against the North. It is
very glaring because we noticed with dismay that
some members of this organisation have gone to the
President and assured him that he must contest the
2015 election.
“I am speaking particularly of two gentlemen, Gen.
Lawrence Onoja (rtd), and Senator John Wash Pam.
We were surprised that really they have gone to see
the President. We have gone with Onoja to every
meeting we have held, and for him to turn round to
say the President must contest in 2015, using the
word, ‘must’ is unacceptable.”
Besides, they remarked that the divide and rule
tactics employed by President Jonathan against the
North would be counter-productive to his political
interest in 2015.
Mohammed warned that the North would not
compromise its political interest, as he advised all
Arewa leaders: “It is necessary to come together for
common vision, goal, strategy needed to negotiate
from the position of strength and secure a
favourable camp in politics.”
However, he urged politicians to adhere strictly to
the directives of the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) on issues of 2015 elections, just
as he asked INEC to make arrangements to conduct
all elections in one day to guarantee free and fair
election in 2015.
He said: “We have noticed really that for free and
fair elections in 2015, we think there should be only
one election day. We also feel that it is going to be
cheaper.”
Meanwhile, a report by the ACF Secretary General,
Col. Shehu (rtd), read: “There is nothing much to
change in the structure of our federation unless we
give in to the short-sighted agitators pressing for the
break-up of Nigeria to enable them have resource
control.”
In a statement by ONAC Assistant Publicity
Secretary, Mr. Ayoola Ajayi, the body warned that
never had history produced any meaningful alliance
between the Hausa-Fulani in North and the Yoruba
nation, stating that Chief Obafemi Awolowo did not
at any time attempt an alliance with the largely
reactionary and feudalistic North.
It added: “The alliance of the Yoruba people should
be with progressive and pro-restructuring forces in
the middle-belt, the South-South and the South-East.
The Hausa-Fulani North will forever repel any
attempt to restructure Nigeria. Our alliance should
not be with feudalists.
“More than any time before, Yoruba people must
speak up and ensure the race is not sacrificed on the
altar of northern political interests.”
Nevertheless, it cautioned the Niger Delta on the
consequences of supporting a presidential candidate
based on sentiment.

Source: www.theguardianmobile.com/readNewsItem1.php?nid=14661

Who need their support? Animals

Who are the AREWA'S? Is it the hardcore northern as wole soyinka call them? Or the northern Moslem? Because the last time i check it is the only interest of hardcore northern/Moslems (housa/fulani's) that always hv it way in any formation within the northern region. be it AREWA, ACF, NNGF or NEF etc, every other tribes or religions has always being merginerlise. There was never a one collective north and there shall never be a one collective northern Nigeria so i wonder which part of the north are they speaking for? The middle-belt or northern Christian? One thing the hardcore northern know and they blatantly refusing to understand is, politics is about negotiation, alliance, give and takes but to them; it is always hv to be taking, taking anything short of that they will not accept it. For how long will the hardcore northern keep dragging every other person to one illusion north that has never never exist? For the purpose of record, AREWA or what they are been called, Jonathan will have the full support of the middle-belt and north Christian any day any time. i am not saying this because of religion sentiment, i said it because other religions and tribes has over the years been marginalized and mislead to atualise the interest of the hardcore notherners (housa/fulanis/Moslem). AREWA should wait and see the massive support Jonathan will have come 2015 from the region this i can promise them. we in the mildle-berlt believed that any alliance with the SS, SE and SW (the progressive) is more productive than alien with hardcore northern whos in there believe out of selfishness, that it is there birth right to be at the helm of afire anytime, anyday, anywhere.

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I dnt wnt to say anytin b4 tribal warlords and religious bigots start attackin me nw

Can they single handedly elect a president without the votes of south-west,south-east,and south-south.