Emeritus Professor of History and Second Republic Senator, Banji Akintoye, yesterday formally accepted his election as the leader of Yorubaland, vowing not to interfere in partisan politics.
He promised to galvanize state governments to revive the Yoruba language, which he said has become “endangered” and the teaching of history in schools.
The formal acceptance came three weeks after Yoruba organizations under the aegis of Assembly of all Yoruba groups worldwide converged on Ibadan, Oyo State to elect him as the fourth Yoruba leader.
Akintoye, 84, defeated the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, as he was unanimously endorsed by all delegates at the August 21 confab.
Addressing a press conference in Lagos, Akintoye said he would fight for the freedom of the Yorubaland and deepen the unity in the old western region.
