Rotimi Akeredolu
Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has disowned Yoruba nation agitators who claimed to have had his support for a rally held in Akure, the Ondo State capital, at the weekend. Akeredolu, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Richard Olatunde, in Akure, said that the agitators were on their own.
The governor said that he would never support the “secessionist agenda and or balkanisation of the nation. The statement read in part:
“Governor Akeredolu wishes to state clearly that while he acknowledges the right of individuals and groups to hold peaceful rallies, it must not be misconstrued to mean support for secessionist agenda and or balkanisation of the nation.”