Sunday Adeyemo,
Yoruba nation agitator better known as Sunday Igboho, says there is no going
back on his demand for the actualisation of a separate country for the Yoruba
in Nigeria.
Igboho spoke in a video released on Sunday to celebrate the
birthday of Francis Olushola Alao, Olugbon Of Orile Igbon, Ogbomosho, Oyo
state.
Speaking in the video, the agitator appealed to the Olugbon
of Orile Igbon to discuss with other traditional leaders in the south-west to
stop conferring traditional titles on unqualified persons.
Igboho criticised south-west traditional leaders who are purportedly decorating unqualified persons with chieftaincy titles, but he did not mention the name of any traditional ruler.
“I salute my father,
Olugbon on his birthday celebration today in Oyo State. Kabiyesi, you will live
many years on earth in wealth and peace,” he said in Yoruba.
“I want to use this opportunity to advise you, sir, though
I’m not worthy of advising you. I want to use this opportunity to explain that
I wouldn’t want you to toe the path of other monarchs who are giving Yorubaland
chieftaincy titles to unqualified persons.
“Our people are being killed across the country while they
are giving chieftaincy titles to unqualified persons and it is not supposed to
be so. Unqualified persons are been crowned with traditional titles.
“Kabiyesi, you will
live longer. Please advise these kings that what they have done is not good
because when Yoruba people get angry, things will be difficult. Please, use the
occasion of your birthday to tell those traditional rulers to stop, it is very
bad.”
On Saturday, Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano, and his
wife, Hafsat, were decorated as the Aare Fiwajoye and Yeye Aare Fiwajoye of
Ibadanland, in Ibadan, Oyo state.
The development stirred mixed reactions as some people
faulted the decision of the Olubadan.
Reacting to reports that he has abandoned the agitation for
Yoruba nation, Igboho dismissed the reports as a rumour while calling on
south-west traditional rulers to support the Yoruba nation movement.
“I, Sunday Adeyemo
and all those who are following me on the issue of Yoruba Nation, there is no
going back for us. There are talks around that we have stopped clamouring for
Yoruba nation, that is not true, it is an unconfirmed rumour. We want Yoruba
Nation, we want to be free from slavery because what God has given us on our
land is enough to feed us.
“I want you the Yoruba monarchs to call a meeting, come
together, you can see how our people are being killed everywhere, this is not
good. Please come together and support us, may you live long. Yoruba Nation, no
going back.”
In July,
Igboho was arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic for alleged falsification of his
passport.
Prior to his arrest, the Department of State Services (DSS)
had declared him wanted for allegedly stockpiling weapons in his residence.
The agitator was detained in a prison in Benin Republic but
was released in March 2022 to
get medical attention on the condition that he would not leave the West African
country.
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