BY REBECCA AJANI
DESPITE being declared wanted by the Department of State Services, Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Sunday Igboho, has reportedly insisted that the much-advertised Yoruba Nation rally will go on as planned in Lagos.
Spokesperson for Igboho, Olayomi Koiki, who disclosed this in a live broadcast on Friday, said his boss would be back stronger, noting that the rally would still hold at Ojota.
The DSS had confirmed the early Thursday morning raid on the Soka, Ibadan home of Igboho, saying that incriminating items that were recovered from his residence suggested that he was an enemy of the Nigerian state.
The DSS, in a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, National Headquarters, Peter Afunanya, titled, ‘DSS on a joint security operation on 1st July, 2021 at Ibadan, Oyo State,’ urged Igboho to surrender himself to the state, stressing that he could not evade arrest for too long.
On the recent threat to go on with the Lagos protest, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Hakeem Odumosu, has warned Igboho and other agitators not to stage any rally in his domain.
He warned that anyone caught participating or facilitating such rally would be dealt with, according to the law.
However, in a monitored live broadcast, Igboho’s spokesperson said, “I can still confirm officially that the Lagos rally, (in spite of) whatever news or rumours you’ve been listening to from different outlets, will go as planned. The 3rd of July Mega rally will go as planned. All arrangements for the rally has been planned and nothing has changed.
“I have spoken to the organisers, nothing has changed so far; 3rd of July from exactly 9:00am in the morning. The whole arrangement and planning is going on.”
He said he had spoken with the General Secretary of Ilana Omo Odua, George Akinola, adding that, in the early hours before noon, he also spoke with Banji Akintoye, who he said was “working tirelessly for the release of those taken away.”
“The rally in Lagos is going to be a peaceful rally; it is going to be a mega rally. Do not be disturbed about what happened. So many development took place at Igboho’s house. We might get a form of video from Igboho about the Lagos rally, which might be released. We will be deciding that in the next 24 hours,” Koiki noted.
“He (Igboho) asked me to tell you all not to be weighed down by what happened. He is standing with the Yoruba Nation agenda,” he claimed.
