The coalition described the calls for a military coup in Nigeria from a section of the country as appalling.
No fewer than 100 South-West groups, under the coalition of the Alliance for Yoruba Democratic Movement (AYDM), have threatened to pull the region out of Nigeria if the calls for a military takeover of government become a reality.
Since President Bola Tinubu was declared the winner of the 2023 presidential election, there have been calls from certain quarters for military intervention to prevent his ascension into the coveted office.
Some groups even staged a protest in front of the Nigerian Defence Headquarters in Abuja, appealing to the military to disrupt the current democratic dispensation and install a new government.
However, the chants have grown since Tinubu assumed office in May last year, not helped by the hardship and hunger Nigerians have been forced to endure due to the effects of his reforms.
The coup advocates grew more emboldened during the recent nationwide
End Bad Governance protests, where some demonstrators were spotted displaying a Russian flag in a subtle call for a military takeover.
South-West groups condemn calls for coup
Reacting to the development, AYDM condemned promoters of the idea, saying it is unwarranted.
The groups also warned that a military coup at this point could result in the secession of the South-West from the country.
South-West groups condemn calls for coup
Reacting to the development, AYDM condemned promoters of the idea, saying it is unwarranted.
The groups also warned that a military coup at this point could result in the secession of the South-West from the country.
“Those calling for military intervention are the same people solely responsible for the rot, the systemic decay, the persecution of ethnic groups and the laying of the very foundation responsible for the current challenges that confront Nigeria.
“The people calling for military intervention kept quiet for eight years when their candidate was the President of Nigeria with his parochial and self-serving policies which partly created the woes that currently face the country today; But in less than one year, they want the country to burn. There is a plot by some martial forces to stage a military coup and a comeback of the same forces that laid the foundation for the ruin of the country.
“Advocates of military rule are from a particular sector of the country doing so for parochial interests. These are ethnic far-right elements who want to control the country by all means.
In their archaic tradition, they detest the fact that people have the right to vote and power has to shift from them. This is the only reason they are plotting to overthrow the minimum gains of democracy,” the statement read.
