Prof. Wale Adeniran has resigned as the Deputy Alana of Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide, the leading organization for the Yoruba Self-Determination Struggle.
The group’s spokesperson, Mr. Maxwell Adeleye, resigned from his position 48 hours after Adeniran, the first commissioner for education in Osun State, did the same.
Adeleye’s resignation was turned down by the Worldwide Executive Council of the Self-determination organization, but as of the time this report was filed, he had not yet accepted it.
Adeniran’s resignation, according to a statement from Maxwell on Monday, is effective as of Sunday, November 6, 2022.
Adeniran, a resident of Ile/Ife, Osun State, stated in a letter of resignation that he would continue to be a devoted member of Ilana Omo Oodua notwithstanding his resignation.
The two-paragraph letter reads “Dear Professor Banji Akintoye, as a matter of principle, I hereby give notice of my resignation from the position of Deputy Alana, Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide, with effect from Sunday, November 6th, 2022.
“However, given my irrevocable commitment to the realization of an Independent and Sovereign Yoruba Nation State, separate from Nigeria, I hereby affirm that I remain a dedicated and staunch member of our freedom fighting organization, Ilana Omo Oduduwa.”
While Adeleye claimed that he was leaving on the basis of what “only he, Professor Banji Akintoye, and Almighty God knows,” Adeniran claimed that he was leaving on the basis of “principle.”
