Surprise Surprise, Can This Be For Real?

Yoruba youths took to the streets in Lagos today, warning that any campaign that Lagos is “no man’s land’ will be met with a measure of mass resistance. Leading the protest this morning were thousands of Yoruba youths under the aegis of Oodua Nationalist Coalition, (ONAC) and the Pan-Yoruba National Alliance, (PAYNA).

“This is a symbolic rally to warn against the assault on Yoruba heritage. We are sick of people who trample on our heritage eventhough they make their millions on our territory”, a leader of the group, Mr Araoye Akinwunmi told the crowd that gathered at the entrance of Emzor, a major Igbo business outlet located on Aswani Road, Isolo area of Lagos. Hundreds of thousands of pamphlets were also distributed by the protesters warning that the Yoruba “will no longer accept the conscious attempt to turn us into slaves on our own land.”

For several hours, the protesters prevented workers and clients of the Emzor company from gaining entrance into the vast premises. The group said the action was taken, in part to protest the attempt to distort the history of Lagos and also as a mark of proportional response to the siege laid by Igbos on the business outfit of Dr Ariyo Adeniran, a renowned cardiologist who has seen a 60-day picketing launched by Igbos in Dallas, Texas in the United States.

The protesters carried placards that read “Igbo: Respect our culture or go home”, “Don’t be jealous of Lagos, create your own Lagos in the East, No Dispute”, “Stop the attacks on Yoruba business or we stop your business in Lagos” “Attack on Dr Adeniran Ariyo is attack on Yoruba people.”