Leader of Ilana Omo Oodua (IOO), the umbrella body of Yoruba self-determination groups, Professor Banji Akintoye, and the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, have condemned the attack on the residence of Chief Sunday Adeyemo popularly called Sunday Igboho, at the early hours of Thursday in Ibadan, Oyo State.
Akintoye reacted to the attack in a statement signed by him and made available to newsmen by his Communications Manager, Mr. Maxwell Adeleye.
“This is an emergency response to an emergency matter by Ilana Omo Oodua. Around 1:00 a.m. today, Thursday 1st July, 2021, the Ibadan, Oyo State residence of one of the leading men in our struggle for self-determination in Yoruba Land, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, fondly called Sunday Igboho, was unfortunately attacked by gunmen.
“The assailants spoke French Language fluently. Seven people were killed by the attackers, with their corpses taken away. Scores of people, including the wife of Chief Ighoho, were also taken away by the gunmen,” Akintoye alleged.
Akintoye, while declaring that the attack on Chief Ighoho’s house was unnecessary, unfortunate, wicked, callous, cruel, irresponsible, illegal and atrocious, said the group was holding the Buhari-led administration responsible for this barbaric attack.
“We have been peaceful from the inception of this struggle. We have adhered with both the Nigerian and international laws guiding the agitation for self-determination.
The elder statesman insisted that the pro-Yoruba nation rally scheduled to hold on Saturday, July 3rd, in Lagos would hold as scheduled, calling on Yoruba people at home and in diaspora to immediately begin mass protests In front of palaces in Yorubaland, and opposite the offices of the United Nations (UN), European Union (EU), British, French and United States (US) governments.
Also, Iba Gani Adams, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Mr. Kehinde Aderemi, described the attack as very unfortunate
Adams, however, charged the Federal Government to investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident and also bring the perpetrators to book.
Adams said the attack had exposed the Federal Government, especially, on the spate of insecurity in the country where lives of Nigerians were of no value to it, maintaining that the incident was a predetermined ploy to silence Igboho from the struggle for the Yoruba nation, which, according to him, is what many Yoruba both home and abroad wanted at the moment.
“The attack on Sunday Igboho’s house is most unfortunate. It is a reflection of the fact that our lives as Nigerians are of no value to the government. And the truth is that nobody is safe in this country.
“The Thursday’s attack was the second in six months. The first was in January when his Soka residence was razed by unknown arsonists. And up till date, nobody had been apprehended in respect of the ugly incident.
“Those agitating for Yoruba nation have been the targets of this administration and the two attempts at Igboho’s houses within six months cannot be said to be ordinary. They were ploys to cow him and frustrate him,” Adams said.
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