According to the report from the Vanguard, the Secretary General of the National Democratic Coalition, Chief Ayo Opadokun alleges that the military intentionally altered the demographics of certain regions in order to “minoritise” certain tribes, with the goal of creating divisions and advancing their own interests.…..CONTINUE READING>>>>>>
He cites the Yoruba people in Kwara and Kogi states, the Nupe people in Niger and the Federal Capital Territory, and the Ijaw people who are spread across several states as examples of this.
He said, “What the military had wickedly done was to minoritise some majority tribes as they did with the Yoruba of Kwara and Kogi for selfish reasons.
As they did for the Yoruba is what they have done for the Nupe. There are Nupe in Kwara and Niger. There are Gbagi people in Niger, the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, and some of them in Kaduna. Today, there are Ijaw in almost five different states of the country. All these things were done unscientifically without the necessary democratic variables considered. These are important things to be done before there could be peace and concord, but they were just neglected and did it by force.”…..CONTINUE READING>>>>>>
