ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Sunday Igboho, has indicated his interest in returning to Nigeria, two years after he fled the country.
Igboho made the revelation when spoke in a viral video, noting that he would soon return to his country home of Oyo – South West Nigeria. He said no one would intimidate him any longer.
“I am coming back to Ibadan; I’m originally from Oyo State. I’m coming back home. So, Yorubas should not be afraid and nothing will happen; nobody can make the other person afraid.
“My agitation was in place and the question I asked the Nigerian government was in order, and the court has justified my demands. Also, the N20billion Nigerian government owes me will be paid,” the activist said in the video footage on Wednesday.
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Igboho in November 2022, reassured his supporters that the movement to actualize the Oodua Republic was still on track, while emphasizing that he had not given up on the agitation.
He had noted that the time for the Yoruba nation had come and that he would soon be returning to Nigeria.
Recall that the activist fled Nigeria about 15 months ago to Cotonou, Benin Republic, following an invasion on his residence by the Department of States Services, (DSS).
But the freedom fighter vowed to see to it that Yoruba nation was actually realized.
Igboho had given the assurance at Bishop Ajayi Crowther’s annual posthumous birthday celebration in Ibadan, Oyo State.
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Speaking via zoom platform, Igboho said: “I thank you all for your support since the inception of this just cause, and by God’s grace, the Fulani’s herdsmen activities against our people will end in our land. The Yoruba nation will soon be achieved and it will be better than all the nations in the world.
“My message to Yoruba people worldwide, who are passionate about the country of their own is not to lose hope. I am more than convinced that we are on our way to freedom. Our agitation is an idea whose time has come. I will come back to Yorubaland soon.”