By Charles Ayodele
The Yoruba Council of Elders has described as untrue and fake the purported report of the relaunch of the Council on Thursday.
The council’s General Secretary, Chief Oladipo Oyewole said this in a statement made available to newsmen in Ibadan.
It would be recalled that one Victor Taiwo had been making announcements of the relaunch of the Yoruba Council of Elders on Thursday, and had been soliciting for financial assistance for the relaunch.
According to Oyewole, the Yoruba Council of Elders under the leadership of Chief Jibade Oyekan has for the past few days been inundated with calls on the authenticity of the relaunch.
“The carrier of the unwholesome news is one Victor Taiwo. We hereby inform all and sundry not to fall prey to the antics of the said Victor Taiwo who has openly asked for financial support for this relaunch.
“The Yoruba Council of Elders is not a party to such relaunch rather the said Victor Taiwo is an imposter who as usual wants to destabilise our esteem association.
“He is not our member, how can he relaunch an association he has no relationship with, Victor Taiwo is a blackmailer,” he said.
Oyewole alleged that Taiwo had done similar things in the past by spreading false information on some Yoruba elders.