Sunday Igboho submits petition to UK Prime Minister on Yoruba Nation agitation

Yoruba Nation advocate Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has submitted a petition to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, calling for consideration of the Yoruba secessionist movement in Nigeria.

Although the petition’s content remains confidential, it reportedly focuses on the Yoruba Nation’s ongoing agitation for an independent state.

The petition, which was submitted on behalf of Professor Adebanji Akintoye, the leader of the Yoruba Nation movement, marks a significant step in seeking international support for the secession. Several dignitaries accompanied Igboho during the submission, including Prophet Ologunoluwa, the Diaspora Youth Leader, and other key figures in the movement.

The Yoruba Nation group is appealing for the UK’s intervention in their quest to establish a nation predominantly made up of indigenous Yoruba people. This move follows previous accusations by Akintoye, who claimed the Nigerian government tried to convince Igboho to abandon the movement by offering financial incentives during his detention in Benin Republic, which Igboho reportedly refused.

The petition to the UK Prime Minister underscores the group’s persistence in pursuing international support for their cause.

He said, “He has been released completely. He has won the hearts of the people here for his strength of character. They brought money to this young man; how many of our young men will do that?

“Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, came to him in the prison, promising him billions of naira if he would just sign a paper that Buratai brought.

“That he (Igboho) should say he had renounced the Yoruba Nation struggle, that he didn’t want the Yoruba Nation struggle anymore, that he had opted out of it.”