In a statement signed by its General Secretary, Tunde Amusat, and sent to POLITICS NIGERIA, the group said the octogenarian only resigned as the helmsman of Ilana Omo Oodua due to old age.
“We wish to state that the letter of resignation of Professor Banji Akintoye was very explicit and was without ambiguity. Baba never said he was withdrawing from the Yoruba Nation Agitation nor resigning his membership of IOOW,” the statement read.