Tag: Yoruba Nation

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

Aminu Imam

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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Police arrest Yoruba ‘nation’ agitators for hijack of FG-owned radio station

Aminu Imam

Five suspected Oodua Nation Agitators who reportedly hijacked a local radio station, Amuludun 99.1 FM in Ibadan, Oyo State, in the early hours of yesterday have been arrested. According to reports, the radio station, owned by the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), was hijacked around 6 am yesterday. The suspects reportedly invaded the station with various forms of charms. The alleged agitators took over the station and broadcasted live. Among their claims included: “Oodua Nation has come to stay”; “Yoruba no more under Federal Republic of Nigeria”; “United Nation…

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Tribal bullying: Presidency condemns Yoruba nation, IPOB’s alliance against Nigeria, Buhari

Aminu Imam

Barely two weeks after condemning the alliance between the Yoruba ‘nation’ proponents and the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), the Presidency has again lampooned their romance.  Recall that at the start of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the secessionist organisations protested against President Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian State. In reaction, Buhari’s spokesman, Garba Shehu, described IPOB as a designated terror group, with a 50,000 militia wing operating under the name, Eastern Security Network, (ESN). The presidential aide denounced the attempt to hold States in Nigerian hostage and…

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Igboho: Yoruba nation rally may resume today

Aminu Imam

Barring any last-minute change, agitators have announced plans to resume their secessionist agitation for a Yoruba nation protest today, Saturday. The Nation learnt the rally is based on solidarity and support for embattled Yoruba nation agitator Sunday Igboho currently in detention in Cotonou. Igboho’s spokesman, Olayomi Koiki, in a broadcast, disclosed that the rally would take place at the hometown of his embattled principal. Igboho, who was first detained in the Republic of Benin,  at the Brigade économique et financière (BEF), is at Prison Civile de Cotonou — Cotonou Civil…

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Just In: “We have no link with IPOB” – Yoruba nation agitators

Aminu Imam

A Yoruba self-determination group, Ilana Omo Oodua, headed by Professor Banji Akintoye, has denied having any links to the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB). The statement is coming amidst reports that the Federal Government intends to proscribe the Yoruba group also. Speaking on the development, Maxwell Adeleye, Akintoye’s spokesman told punch “There is no basis for the proscription of Ilana Omo Oodua. The government can only proscribe a terrorist group and not a peaceful group like Ilana Omo Oodua. All our members arrested in Ojota (area in Lagos), were charged…

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Yoruba nation: Akintoye, others to lead self-determination groups on one million-march to UN 

Aminu Imam

…Demands supervised referendum  The agitation for a Yoruba nation has intensified, as the eminent leaders of thought from the South and Middle Belt of Nigeria have announced a ‘One Million March’, to be held in front of the United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York, the United States, from 14th to 21st September 2021. According to the agitators, the march is meant to demand a referendum on self-determination and abolition of Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution. The leaders are members of the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination, (NINAS), who signed the…

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Igboho: ‘Yoruba leaders working behind the scene for his release’ — Sanwo-Olu

Aminu Imam

Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday said that South-West leaders are working behind the scenes to ensure the release of Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Sunday Igboho. It would be recalled that Igboho was arrested in Cotonou, the capital of Benin Republic, last Monday, while he was about to board a plane to Germany, and is currently facing trial in Benin Court over extradition to Nigeria. Governor Sanwo-Olu made the remark while answering questions from newsmen shortly after casting his vote at the Ikoyi polling unit, during the local…

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Yoruba nation rally: “We didn’t fire live bullets” – Police

Aminu Imam

…Deny killing girl The Lagos State Police Command says its officers should not be held responsible for the death of a sales lady in the Ojota area of the State. Recall that there were earlier reports of how the Police shot into the air and fired tear gas as they dispersed ‘Yoruba nation’ agitators at Gani Fawehinmi Park.After the showdown, a saleslady, identified as Jumoke, was found dead in a pool of blood. Some residents had alleged that the lady, who was selling yoghurt drinks, allegedly died after she was…

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Oduduwa Republic: Yoruba monarch, scholars warn Igboho, other secessionists

Aminu Imam

Against the secessionist calls of the self-acclaimed Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho, a conference of Yoruba has called for caution over the agitation for Oduduwa Republic from Nigeria. The Yoruba leaders and scholars met at Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, for the sixth Atanda lectures and conference on Yoruba culture and society. The conference, which had in attendance Yoruba scholars and traditional rulers, was led by Professor of History, University of Texas, Austin, Toyin Falola. The participants also called for decentralisation of government to allow the six geo-political zones in the country…

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Shun terrorists disguising as Yoruba nation agitators – YAF warns South-West youths

Ishaku Yohanna

Godwin Amunde A coalition under the aegis of the Yoruba Appraisal Forum (YAF) has warned youths from the South-West geo-political zone of Nigeria against aiding terrorism by certain groups and individuals acting under the guise of agitating for an independent Yoruba nation. YAF issued the warning on Tuesday while addressing members and residents of Akure, the Ondo State capital, during a motorcade organised to sensitise the people of the state to the unpatriotic activities of groups and individuals parading themselves in the South-West as champions of Yoruba self-determination and independence.…

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