IPOB: Yoruba groups attack police chief over claims of invasion
The groups allege that Mr Odumosu aimed at using his claims to pit Igbos against Yorubas in the state 3 min read
A coalition of pan-Yoruba groups has attacked the Lagos State Police Commissioner, Hakeem Odumosu, over the police chief’s claims that members of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) are planning to attack Lagos.
The groups alleged in a statement that Mr Odumosu aimed at using his claims to pit Igbos against Yorubas in the state.
The statement was signed by leaders of Oodua Nationalist Coalition (ONAC), Femi Ajibola; Agbekoya, Kunle Oshodi; Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC (Reformed), Taofik Adeyemi; Oodua Liberation Movement (OLM), Diran Obalola; Yoruba World Congress, (YWC-Lagos State Chapter), Femi Agbana.
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THE Commissioner of Police, Lagos Command, Mr Hakeem Odumosu, yesterday, claimed that the proscribed separatist group, Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB; agitators for the Oodua Republic and commercial motorcyclists, also known as Okada riders, constitute security threats in Lagos State.