Yoruba activist Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has submitted a formal petition to the UK Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, and the leader of the Labour Party, Keir Starmer, advocating for the Yoruba Nation.
This petition was made on behalf of the leader of the Yoruba Nation movement, Professor Banji Akintoye.
The announcement was made by Igboho’s spokesman, Olayomi Koiki, through his verified X (formerly Twitter) page on Sunday.
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.”
Details of the petition, such as its specific demands or the response from the UK government or Labour Party, are yet to be fully disclosed.
Igboho has been at the forefront of the actualization of a Yoruba nation.
Recall that Akintoye had earlier accused the Nigerian government of trying to coax Igboho into withdrawing from the agitations.
The octogenarian said during the agitator’s travails in the 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 Buratai later took away.
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.”