Yoruba Nation activist Chief Sunday Adeyemo, widely known as Sunday Igboho, has reportedly submitted a petition to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, urging consideration of the secessionist movement in Nigeria.
According to the PUNCH, the details of the petition are said to be confidential; however, sources indicated that it pertains to the “Yoruba Nation agitation.”
Igboho submitted the petition on Saturday on behalf of Professor Adebanji Akintoye, the leader of the Yoruba Nation movement.
Yoruba nation handling letter to the British Government at downing street, pic.twitter.com/lYPujPxUSX
Chief Sunday Igboho was accompanied by several dignitaries, including Diaspora Youth Leader Prophet Ologunoluwa, Vice President of Ifeladun Apapo Fatai Ogunribido, General Secretary of Yoruba World Media Alhaja Adeyeye, and Yoruba Nation Movement member Paul Odebiyi.
The movement is urging the UK Prime Minister and his government to intervene in their efforts to establish a country predominantly owned by the indigenous Yoruba people.
Additionally, multiple reports indicated that Yoruba historian and leader of the Oodua nation’s independence struggle, Banji Akintoye, had previously accused the Nigerian government of attempting to persuade Sunday Adeyemo (Igboho) to withdraw from the agitation.