Sunday Adeyemo, the Yoruba freedom fighter also known as Sunday Igboho, has submitted a petition to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer.
Igboho is said to have submitted the petition on behalf of Prof. Adebanji Akintoye, the leader of the Yoruba Nation movement to push forward their agitation.
The movement is seeking the immediate intervention of the UK government to set up a sovereign geographical entity that will be predominantly owned and governed by the indigenous people of Yoruba land.
This was disclosed by Igboho’s spokesman, Koiki, via his X page on Monday.
He wrote: “At exactly 14:00 hrs Dr. Chief Sunday Igboho delivered a petition to the UK Prime Minister on behalf of Prof. Adebanji Akintoye, leader of the YORUBA NATION movement, and Olayomi Koiki, his spokesman @10DowningStreet.”
Igboho has been at the forefront of the actualization of a Yoruba nation.
Akintoye had earlier accused the Nigerian government of trying to cajole Igboho into withdrawing from the agitations.
The octogenarian said during the agitator’s travails in Benin Republic, a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (retd.), had used his influence as an envoy to sneak a paper to Igboho in prison, promising him billions of naira if only he would renounce his agitations for a Yoruba nation.
He, however, said Igboho refused to sign the paper, which was later taken away by Buratai.
He said: “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.”