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Lagos Yoruba Nation Rally Suspended after Attack on Sunday Igboho’s House

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Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, has suspended the Yoruba Nation rally which was scheduled to hold in Lagos on Saturday.

Igboho disclosed this in an interview with BBC News Pidgin.

He said this hours after his house in Ibadan, Oyo State was attacked by gunmen who reportedly killed two persons and abducted his wife.

His position however contradicted a statement by the umbrella body of Yoruba self-determination groups, Ilana Omo Oodua, declared that the Yoruba Nation rally slated for Lagos will hold on Saturday as scheduled.

The statement was signed by its leader, Emeritus Professor Banji Akintoye, and made available to newsmen by his Communications Manager, Mr. Maxwell Adeleye.

“We want to confirm again that the Pro-Yoruba Nation rally scheduled to hold on Saturday, July 3rd, in Lagos will proceed as scheduled” the statement reads in part.

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