The popular Yoruba Freedom Fighter, Sunday Adeyemo otherwise known as Sunday Igboho, on Saturday, stormed Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, with hundreds of agitators, saying no going back on the demand for Yoruba nation.
The agitators who converged at Old garage area, Ado Ekiti, for the rally as early as 8 am later moved to the popular Fajuyi Park area of the town where Igboho was received by the crowd.
The agitators who are armed with placards grounded social and commercial activities within the town while roads were blocked, hindering vehicular movements for several hours.
Newsflash Nigeria gathered that there was a heavy presence of security operatives including the police, the Department of State Services, and the Amotekun Corps at the venue.
A security operative, who preferred anonymity, said they are at the venue “to prevent the breakdown of the law and order and ensure miscreants do not hijack the rally”.
The agitators also expressed their readiness for the Yoruba nation away from Nigeria.
Speaking at the Palace of Ewi of Ado Ekiti, Igboho maintained that the time for the actualization of Yoruba nation is now, while he said there will be no election in the South-West states in 2023.
Igboho who sought for unity among the Yoruba people said the people of the Southwest can no longer be a slave to the northerners and said the Yoruba nation must come to reality now.
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He said, “We are in Ado to demand for Yoruba Nation and now is the time for the actualization of Yoruba nation of our dream and we are ready to employ all peaceful means to achieve this.
“We are tired of the oppression, our traditional rulers have been related to the background, our political leaders have little or no regards for our traditional institutions, this must be reversed and power should reside with our traditional rulers.”
We have the resources to develop our Yoruba nation but all these had been siphoned to develop another region but now are the time to save the Yoruba nation from slavery.
“We have the support of our governors in the southwest, and I want to assure them that this rally across the southwest region will not lead to violence.
“We are here to receive your blessing and support and we can assure you that with you on our side, all our dreams will come to reality, we stand for the peaceful dissolution of Nigeria and any violent person during our rallies is a mole planted among us.
One of the agitators and a member of the Oodua Action Movement, Olusola Oyemakinde, said: “We are here in support of our agitation for Oodua nation. Every one of us can see the state of Nigeria whereby there is no justice, there is lopsidedness and insecurity are the order of the day.
“The government of Nigeria has failed in its responsibility of securing lives. We cannot continue this way. The Yoruba nation is the answer for us.”
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