Tag: Sunday Igboho

“Caution Shettima over ‘attacks’ on Badenoch” – Igboho to Tinubu 

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Igboho to Tinubu

The self-styled Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, has asked President Bola Tinubu to caution the Vice President Kashim Shettima over his alleged attacks on the leader of the British Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch. Shettima had reportedly chided Badenoch for making some scathing comments on corruption in Nigeria, proclaiming her true identity as true Yoruba and refusal to be lumped with Northern Nigeria. However, Igboho, in a personally signed statement made available to newsmen yesterday, called on Tinubu to caution Shettima against launching verbal attacks on…

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Gani Adams sues Sunday Igboho for N5bn over alleged privacy invasion

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Gani Adams sues Igboho

The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, has filed a ?5 billion lawsuit against Yoruba Nation activist Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, in an Oyo State High Court. Adams claims Igboho illegally recorded and publicly released a private phone conversation between him and another individual, without his consent, which he says has damaged his reputation. The self-styled Yoruba “nation activisy, in the suit, is seeking the enforcement of his fundamental rights, citing Section 37 of Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution (as amended), which guarantees the right to…

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Secessionists’ leader, Igboho takes Yoruba ‘nation’ agitation to UK

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Igboho takes Yoruba nation

…Submits petition to ‘Downing Street’ Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has taken his agitation for an independent Yoruba ‘nation’ to 10 Downing Street, the office of the British Prime Minister in London United Kingdom. Igboho reportedly submitted a petition to the UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer to consider the secessionist movement in Nigeria. According to reports, The ‘Yoruba Nation’ movement described the content of the petition as confidential, but sources claimed it revolved around the ‘Yoruba nation agitation’. Igboho, according to the report, submitted the…

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Nationwide protest: “They want to disintegrate Nigeria” – Igboho

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A Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, has kicked against the nationwide hunger protests planned for August 1. Igboho, whose agitation centres around separation of the Yoruba from Nigeria, in a statement issued on Monday, ironically accused planners of the protest of trying to disintegrate the country, while maintaining that his Yoruba ‘nation’ agitation should not be used as launchpad to break up Nigeria. He said, “I, Chief Sunday Igboho, am issuing this press release in response to the planned protests by some unknown and faceless…

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Sunday Igboho issues fresh quit notice to Fulani herders in South-West forests

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Igboho issues

Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, yesterday, issued a fresh quit notice to Fulani herders to vacate all forests in the South-west region of the country. He said the development had become imperative against the backdrop of recent alleged killing, abduction and destruction of farmlands by the herders. While commending governors and traditional rulers in the South-West region, he maintained that food security in Yorubaland can only be achieved if an enabling and peaceful atmosphere is guaranteed for farmers to engage in agricultural production. In a…

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Sunday Igboho sues Gani Adams for alleged defamation

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…Demands N500m damage Yoruba nation activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has instituted a case of alleged defamation of character against the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams. In the suit, filed before an Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan, Igboho is also seeking an order compelling the defendant to pay a sum of N500 million as aggravated damages over a leaked audio conversation, which he claimed impugn his reputation. According to the writ of summon made available to newsmen in Ibadan, yesterday, Igboho is seeking…

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Yoruba Group cautions Igboho over renewed threats to Fulanis

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The Yoruba Welfare Group has issued a cautionary message to activist and philanthropist, Sunday Adeyemo, widely known as Sunday Igboho, urging him to tread with caution amidst his renewed threats to Fulani residents in the South-West. The self-styled Yoruba-nation agitator, Sunday Igboho, recently returned to Nigeria after an absence of over 30 months, having left in 2021 and subsequently being apprehended in Benin Republic on his way to Germany. Expressing concern over Igboho’s latest statements, the Yoruba Welfare Group emphasised the importance of avoiding the ethnicisation or regionalisation of criminal…

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“Release Nnamdi Kanu”, Sunday Igboho begs FG

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Self-styled Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho, has urged the Federal Government to immediately release Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB). Igboho’s plea, conveyed through a viral video on Tuesday, coincided with Kanu’s ongoing trial at the Federal High Court in Abuja. Kanu, who appeared in court on Monday, for the first time following a Supreme Court ruling on December 15, 2023, has been in custody since June 2021. Igboho emphasised Kanu’s innocence and called for an end to political manoeuvres, noting that Kanu should be…

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“My agitation for Yoruba nation legitimate”, Sunday Igboho insists

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Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, alias Sunday Igboho, has maintained that his quest for an independent Yoruba nation is legitimate and constitutional. Igbo explained that he didn’t expect former president Muhammadu Buhari to send security agents to his house because he did nothing wrong. Recall that Igboho’s house was raided by the Department of State Services (DSS) on July 1, 2021. He was arrested on July 20, 2021while trying to travel to Germany at Cardinal Bernardin International Airport, Cotonou, Benin Republic, three weeks after he was declared wanted by the…

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Igboho’s 10-day threat for Fulani: Northern group threatens to stop food supply to South

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A group, the Northern Consensus Movement of Nigeria, has vowed to stop the supply of food from the North to the southern part of the country. The group made this threat following a recent ultimatum issued by a Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, in a recent video, for the Fulani community to vacate Yoruba land within 10 days. The group also vowed to do everything in their reach to stop the move, adding that if the threat persists, they will force the Yorubas living in…

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