Sunday Adeyemo, the Yoruba Nation activist popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has submitted a petition to the UK government.
The contents of the petition are not known, but Igboho is believed to be seeking the support of the UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer for the establishment of the Yoruba Nation.
Olayomi Koiki, spokesperson of the activist, in a post on X on Sunday, said Igboho submitted the petition on behalf of Adebanji Akintoye, leader of the Yoruba Nation movement.
“At exactly 14:00 hrs Dr Chief Sunday Igboho deliver a petition to UK prime Minister on behalf of Prof Adebanji Akintoye leader of the YORUBA NATION movement and olayomi koiki his spokesman @10DowningStreet,” Koiki said.
In July 2021, Igboho was arrested alongside his wife, Ropo, in Cotonou, Benin Republic, and detained at the request of the Nigerian government.
Igboho had fled Nigeria after the Department of State Services (DSS) raided his residence in Ibadan, Oyo state capital, onJuly 1, 2021.
The raid led to the death of two people while 12 of his aides were arrested. The DSS had alleged that Igboho was stockpiling weapons, and subsequently declared him wanted.
Attempts by the federal government to repatriate him to Nigeria after his arrest were unsuccessful.
Igboho was arraigned at the Court D’Apeal in Cotonou and was detained in a prison facility in the country.
The charges against him bordered on arms smuggling, inciting violence and calling for a secession of the Yoruba from the Nigerian state.
He was eventually released from prison in 2023.
