Last week’s “Akintoye: A response to critics” quoting Prof. Wale Adeniran, National Chairman of IlanaOmoOduduwa (Oodua), IOO, on behalf of himself, the
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Yoruba nation rally holds in Osogbo amidst intrigues, drama
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By Shina Abubakar
THE Yoruba nation rally in Osogbo was tagged as the most successful of the rallies held so far by the agitators.
But the event was not without intrigues as security operatives and organisers tried to outwit each other towards achieving their objectives.
The rally was attended by thousands of Yoruba nation supporters, but some notable faces of the struggle operated behind the scene to evade arrest, as it was gathered that security operatives were on their trail.
Immediately after the Ogun State rally held in Abeokuta, where some protesters were arrested, one of the organisers on the ground, Dr. Ademola Ekundayo was invited by operatives of the Department of State Security, DSS.
Why South-West govs can’t openly support Yoruba nation –Sunday Igboho
Published 16 May 2021
Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, on Saturday, declared that elections would no longer be allowed in Yorubaland until the region became an independent nation.
Igboho, who spoke in Yoruba language at a Yoruba nation rally held at the Nelson Mandela Freedom Park in Osogbo, Osun State, also told his supporters to stop attacking governors in the South-West region, saying all of them were in support of efforts to get an independent Yoruba nation.
According to him, the South-West governors could not openly associate with the agitators. He added that the Federal Government might stop their monthly allocation, if the governors declared open support for the cause.
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