The crisis of confidence within the Yoruba World Congress(YWC) reached it’s head Thursday with the removal of Professor Banji Akintoye by another group led by Dr Amos Akingba and and Akogun Tola Adeniyi as the leader.
It also approved a name change for the YWC which has been championing agitation for a separate republic for the Yoruba.
It will be recalled that the duo has been involved in a running battle over the leadership of the Yoruba group for some time.
The splinter group which met in Ibadan announced a name change from YWC to Assembly of Yoruba Groups Worldwide .
Below is the full communique of the splinter group: ( Communique)
October 29, 2020
The Assembly of the Yoruba Groups has disrobed Prof Banji Akintoye as the leader of the Yoruba World Congress and also removed him as a member of the Yoruba Groups.
The group has also changed the name of Yoruba World Congress to Yoruba World Congress International.
This decision is contained in a communique issued at the end of the second meeting of the group at the House of Chiefs, Parliament Building, Secretariat Ibadan Oyo State.
COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED AT THE SECOND CONVERGENCE OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE YORUBA GROUPS WORLDWIDE HELD AT THE HOUSE OF CHIEFS, PARLIAMENT BUILDING, SECRETARIAT, IBADAN ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29TH, 2020.
In view of Prof. Banji Akintoye’s movement to Ilana Oduduwa and his dumping of Yoruba World Congress, the Assembly of Yoruba Groups Worldwide in its second Assembly after the first one held on August 22, 2019, hereby states that Prof. Akintoye no longer remains the President of YWC.
To maintain the identity of the Yoruba World Congress but with the slight modification of an affix “International” in order that we don’t throw the child away with the bath water. Thus what we have now is Yoruba World Congress International.
Rather than allow a vacuum to take place in the leadership of YWC International, we have proposed to carry along all the leaders of the organizations present to form what is known as the GENERAL ASSEMBLY so that everybody will have a sense of belonging unlike in the past 12 months.
Before the constitution of the General Assembly comprising the leaders of the organizations, it is proposed that we have an 11-man Interim Governing Council which will regulate the affairs of the body pending the inauguration of the General Assembly. The list of the proposed members of the Interim Governing Council is as follows:
Elder (Dr.) Taye Ayorinde JP – Chairman
Dr. Amos Akingba
Chief Tola Adeniyi
Dr. Tunde Amusat
Sheikh Abdul-Raheem Aduranigba
(Chief Imam of Yoruba, Ilorin)
Prof. Oluwakayode Ogundoro
Otunba Deji Osibogun
Mrs. Dupe Ajayi Gbadebo
Comrade Laoye Sanda
Mr. Tajudeen Raimi (Pro Tem Diaspora Central Coordinator) and
Comrade Victor Taiwo.
It has been proposed that the executive will be formed from among the members of the General Assembly.
It has been proposed that several necessary committees shall be constituted by the members of the.
It has been proposed that the members of the General Assembly shall have to institute a body to make the constitution drafting and structures available for the body.
It has been proposed that a Board of Trustees (BoT) comprising Very Eminent and Important Personalities in the society shall be instituted into the BoT.
It has been proposed that a body that will embrace all our Traditional Rulers shall be instituted.
It has been proposed that there will be a body comprising the youth representatives of Yorubaland where all issues of the youths shall be discussed.
It has been proposed that a body of 17-man Vice Presidents to be generated from across the 17 sub-ethnic groups in Yorubaland will be instituted as part of the General Assembly. These sub-ethnic groups are as follows:
Ibadan/Ibarapa
Egba/Egbado
Ijebu/Remo
Oyo
Ekiti
Ijesaland
Ikale/Ilaje
Ife/Origbo
Igbomina/Ila
Awori
Itsekiri
Egun/Sabe/Popo/Oyi
Akoko
Edo/Ibini
Okun
Ondo/Akure/Owo and
Ilorin/Ibolo/Ofa
Signed:
Elder (Dr.) Taye Ayorinde JP
Sheikh Abdulraheem Aduramigba
Comrade Victor Taiwo
Architect George Akinola
Bishop George Adegbolagun
Prince Eric Oluwole
Comrade Abereoran
Papa Olalere Ayalu
Mr. Bayo Sangotikun
Comrade Taiwo Otitolaye
