The group stated this on a poster with the caption “Yoruba Jobs for Yoruba People: It is called Self Preservation.”
Some youths under the umbrella of Young Yoruba for Freedom (YYF) have urged every company, government agency and business outlet in the entire Yoruba-speaking parts of Southern Nigeria to allocate 90% of their job opportunities to Yoruba people, according to a viral poster.
The group stated this on a poster with the caption “Yoruba Jobs for Yoruba People: It is called Self Preservation.”
On the poster which has gone viral on the internet, the group wrote, “This is a notice to all companies, government agencies, and businesses in Yorubaland to give 90% of their employment to the Yoruba people first and foremost.
“Yorubaland includes Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ondo, Ekiti and the Yoruba speaking LGAs in Kwara (12 LGAs); Kogi (6 LGAs); Delta (3 Itsekiri LGAs) and Akoko-Edo LGA in Edo State.”
The convener and President of YYF is Adeyinka Grandson, who was sentenced to four and a half years in prison in 2022 for promoting racial hatred.
In August 2019, the UK-based Grandson was arrested in London over his social media posts targeted against some ethnic groups in Nigeria.
Grandson gained prominence on social media for his attacks on Hausa-Fulani and Igbo peoples.
Grandson was however later released on bail on the condition that he would not make any comments or posts to threaten or abuse any ethnic group in Nigeria.
But in May 2020, Grandson was charged with six counts of inciting racial hatred.
After he was released on bail, he was said to have further made another offending social media posts, which led to his re-arrest in October 2020 and the addition of two counts to the six counts he originally faced.
In October 2020, a viral video surfaced in which Grandson issued a 48-hour ultimatum to Igbo people to leave Yorubaland.
Grandson was later found guilty of inciting racial hatred and sentenced to four and a half years in prison.
However, the latest racial inciting order from Grandson’s group comes after reported ethnic profiling and attacks on Igbo people in Lagos State during the 2023 general elections. Some Igbo people were threatened and prevented from voting in the 2023 general elections in the state.