Attack: Sunday Igboho suspends proposed Lagos rally

July 1, 2021

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Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has suspended the Yoruba Nation rally which was scheduled to hold in Lagos on Saturday July 3.

He reportedly disclosed this in an interview with BBC News Pidgin, hours after his house in Soka, Ibadan, Oyo State was attacked on Thursday by gunmen who reportedly killed two persons and abducted his wife and others.

He spoke after a statement by the umbrella body of Yoruba self-determination groups, Ilana Omo Oodua, declared that the Yoruba Nation rally slated for Lagos will hold on Saturday as scheduled.

The statement was signed by its leader, Emeritus Professor Banji Akintoye, and made available to newsmen by his Communications Manager, Mr. Maxwell Adeleye.

“We want to confirm again that the Pro-Yoruba Nation rally scheduled to hold on Saturday, July 3rd, in Lagos will proceed as scheduled,” the statement read in part.

In the last few months, the Yoruba Nation agitators had held rallies in different parts of South-West. Lagos is planned to be the grand finale, until Igboho decided to suspend it.

The Lagos State Police Command has also warned that it would not allow any rally in the state.

The state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu gave the warning in an address he gave today.