An influential Yoruba group, YCE, has disowned Sunday Igboho over his call for succession.

The group's secretary-general, Kunle Olajide, said Igboho does not speak on behalf of the Yoruba people.

 Yoruba people have invested so much in Nigeria's formation and unity, noting that secession is not a right move.

The Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE) has distanced itself from the call for the secessionist call being championed by Sunday Adeyemo, a Yoruba youth leader popularly known as Sunday Igboho. 

Igboho had recently said Yoruba is no longer part of Nigeria, calling on people of the ethnic group residing in the north to go back home. However, Kunle Olajide, the secretary-general of the YCE said Igboho does not represent the Yoruba people in his call for secession, The Cable reported.