Our members not involved in Oyo secretariat attack - OPU.

• Published date: 16 April 2024

The foremost pan-Yoruba diaspora organization, Oodua Progressives Union (OPU), has dissociated itself from the self-acclaimed Yoruba Nation agitators' Saturday invasion of the Oyo State House of Assembly.

OPU made its position known in a statement issued by its Publicity Secretary, Chief Victor Mobolaji Adewale, a copy of which was made available to newsmen on Tuesday. The statement emphasized that the group is purely a Yoruba socio-cultural organization currently present in 98 countries across six continents, with the vision to promote Yoruba culture, peace, and unity among the Yoruba diaspora.

According to him, OPU, in pursuing its goals, advocates for the restructuring of Nigeria into federating units tied to regionalism. He asserts that the group has never called for self-determination, aligning its stance with the vision of its global...