Our response must be decisive: Yoruba State Assemblies should pass a Referendum Bill into law, secure gubernatorial assent, and make preparations to conduct a Referendum.
. Consequently, presidential administrations were not bound by the conferences' conclusions because they lacked Legitimacy. However, these same presidents derived legitimacy from being democratically elected, meaning any solution must also be legitimized by a democratic process.
Open Letter to Gen Akinrinade et ak (2)
......On both sides, the aspirations and expectations of the peoples and nationalities of Nigeria are left out of the equation, making them passive recipients of whatever power decides to give
Imole Gbogbo Adulawo
In essence, the Yoruba Referendum encapsulates the aspirations of Yoruba
people—just as the Puritans, Jacobins, Sons of Liberty, and Bolsheviks once did for theirs. As the Yoruba Nationalty Referendum, it will serve as a beacon for other Nationalities in Nigeria as well as other countries in Africa undergoing different stages of Ethno-National contradictions– imole gbogbo Adulawo.
