The present Oyo state is too large so, two states are supposed to be created out of it; Ibadan state and Oke-Ogun state. Yoruba predicament in Nigeria is the handiwork of British colonial officer’s who vowed to deal with the Yoruba squarely for demanding for freedom.
Their plan was that Yoruba will not rule the country so despite the fact that northern Nigeria has vast land with no human but cattle they still gave the north 35milion instead of 32milion even before census. This was to be used to maintain their majority votes and future power bid in Nigeria. It was a calculated attempt by the colonial officers to reduce Yorubas to pauper and puppet even when the early British administrators discovered Yoruba Land as the most populous part of Nigeria.
They decided to favour Hausa over Yoruba because they see Yoruba as their rival that they should quell so they rigged election in favour of Hausas, handed over Nigerian baton of leadership to them. Nigeria’s population is 193.3 and Hausas are claiming they are more populous than Yoruba and Igbo by falsifying census figures but this act will not do them any good because truth will manifest one day.
- Oluwole Peter
Kogi State
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