Tension looms in Yoruba nation as national leader suddenly resigned

  • The national leader of the Yoruba self-determination group, Professor Banji Akintoye, has announced his resignation as the leader of the group popularly known as the Yoruba nation
  • There were earlier claims that Akintoye resigned because of the in-fighting within the Yoruba nation group
  • But a statement from the secretary of the group, Tunde Amusat, Akintoye resigned because of old age and weakened body system

Professor Banji Akintoye, the national leader of the Yoruba self-determination group, Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide, has resigned from his position.

In a statement by the national secretary of the group, Tunde Amusat, on Thursday, December 22, and sent to Legit.ng, it was disclosed that the professor handed over the leadership of the group to his ex-deputy, Professor Wale Adeniran.