Agitation for succession is not new in the South-West geopolitical zone but the resurgence in recent times is fueling suspicion on the motive behind the agitators, Daily Trust reports.
Sunday Adeyemo Igboho known simply as Sunday Igboho in Yorubaland was the ring leader of those agitating for secession. The year 2021 was the peak of the agitation for Oduduwa Republic championed by Igboho and strongly backed by Prof. Banji Akintoye-led Omo Ilana Oodua formerly known as Yoruba World Congress (YWC).
Late governor of Ondo State, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu, who was then Chairman of the South-West Governors’ Forum, did not mince words in rejecting the agitation of the proponents of Oduduwa Republic, describing their agitation as “satanic.”
Igboho was away for more than 30 months after his botched arrest by officials of the Department of State Service (DSS) ostensibly to answer questions bothering on his agitation which the government termed as “seditious.” Many analysts say if he had been arrested at that time, he would have been suffering the fate of Nnamdi Kanu, the Leader of the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) who is also the arrowhead of the Biafra Republic.
After spending months in Benin Republic detention following his arrest on his way to Germany, Sunday Igboho returned to Nigeria in February this year.
