Our Reporter 

A coalition under the aegis of the Yoruba Appraisal Forum (YAF) has enjoined the Southwest and youths to avoid breaching the peace in the region.

It told them to stop aiding certain groups and individuals acting under the guise of agitating for an independent Yoruba nation to destabilise the region.

YAF said Yoruba and youths should exercise great caution and vigilance to avoid aiding unknowingly or being used surreptitiously to destabilise the country by unpatriotic groups and individuals.

YAF, in a statement by its National Coordinator, Adeshina Animashaun, on Monday, also appealed to the government, the security agencies and other major stakeholders in Yorubaland to rise to the challenge and ensure no individual instigate violence in the Southwest.

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YAF’s statement said: “Any plot to destabilise Yorubaland will not work and we will resist it. Enough wasting of innocent lives in Nigeria.

“On our own part as YAF members, we will continue to mobilise all our members across Yorubalnd to preach and promote peace throughout the South-West and the rest of Nigeria.

“We will continue to take steps to ensure no individuals or groups pretending to be expressing grievances against the government further destroy the economic and social well-being of our people.

“Our honest advice to any person or groups that may want to allow themselves to be used by the enemies of peace in the South-West and the rest of Nigeria is that they should turn new leaves, embrace and continue to work for the well-being of our kinsmen and all other citizens of Nigeria.”

YAF said contrary to the police misrepresentation of the group, it has no affiliation with any individual or groups championing the disintegration and dissolution of Nigeria under the guise of agitating for a Yoruba Nation.