Two persons have been killed during an early morning attack on the residence of the Yoruba Youths Leader (YYL) and rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, in the Soka area of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, his spokesman, Olayomi Koiki, has said.
“The situation now is very bad. Two Yoruba sons have been killed in the house of Chief Sunday Igboho. The two dead bodies have been taken away by the military. We do not know of the location where they were taken to,” the aide said in a Facebook Live.
Koiki, who said the house was attacked around 1.00am on Thursday, also alleged the identities of the attackers to be soldiers.
“I can confirm that those who came are definitely Nigerian soldiers. There are more than 100 soldiers that came,” Koiki said.
He added, “The situation is very active as more security operatives in about seven Nigerian Army patrol vans have arrived.”
Some of the occupants of the house were said to have been whisked away by the invaders who were claimed to have dressed in military camouflage.
The reported attack is coming hours to a planned rally of ‘Yoruba Nation’ in Lagos State. Igboho has been going across the Southwest geopolitical zone to crusade Yoruba self determination, citing injustice meted out to the people of the region as well as worsening insecurity as reasons for his agitation.
This attack is one of the many reported attacks on Igboho and his Ibadan residence since January 2021 when he issued a seven-day ultimatum to killer herders in the Ibarapa area of Oyo State.
On January 26, 2021, some faceless hoodlums reportedly attacked the Soka residence of Igboho also in Ibadan and gutted the house.
Also, pandemonium broke out on February 26, 2021 along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway when Igboho and his supporters were on their way to meet with 93-year-old Afenifere chieftain, Ayo Adebanjo.
On this note, it is difficult to say with certainty that the Lagos rally of the Yoruba nation will still hold.