Yoruba Nation activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, has reportedly submitted a petition to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, urging consideration of the secessionist movement in Nigeria. While the Yoruba Nation movement kept the petition’s details confidential, sources revealed it focused on the “Yoruba Nation agitation.” Igboho submitted the petition on behalf of Prof. Adebanji Akintoye, the movement’s leader, on Saturday.
SaharaReporters revealed that several dignitaries accompanied Sunday Igboho in submitting the petition, including Diaspora Youth Leader Prophet Ologunoluwa, Vice President of Ifeladun Apapo Fatai Ogunribido, General Secretary of Yoruba World Media Alhaja Adeyeye, and Yoruba Nation Movement member Paul Odebiyi. The movement is calling for the UK prime minister’s immediate intervention to support the creation of a country for the Yoruba people.
Additionally, Yoruba historian Banji Akintoye, a key figure in the Oodua nation’s independence struggle, had previously accused the Nigerian government of attempting to persuade Igboho to abandon the movement.
