Following a reported invasion by masked Yoruba Nation agitators at Oyo Secretariat, Agodi, on Saturday morning, the self-acclaimed activist and leader of the South-West agitators, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, has distanced himself from the attack, which saw youths Wielding charms and singing solidarity songs, to demand an independent nation.
According to Daily Trust, Igboho, while speaking with newsmen, said an investigation should be carried out to fish out those behind the invasion.
He said, “I know nothing about it. I am not even aware of those behind it. If I am going to do anything, either for early or any struggle for Yoruba Nation, you know we will inform people ahead.
“We will announce our plans and all our leaders and other stakeholders will also be involved, and we will collaborate to do so. So, anything they now do on their own, either they attack the government or military barrack or Police station, I know nothing about it, and I am not part of it.”
In a related development, no fewer than 20 persons have been arrested by the operatives of the Oyo State Police Command in connection with the recent attack.
According to Adewale Osifeso, the State Police Public Relations Officer, the suspects were found with some items, adding that the Commissioner of Police had detailed a high-powered investigation team led by the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the State Criminal Investigation Department to demystify circumstances surrounding the incident and make more arrests.
He said, “Twenty Suspects have been arrested in possession of; (3) Three Pump Action Guns, (291)Two Hundred and Ninety-One life Cartridges, (2) Two Expended Cartridges, (67) Sixty-Seven Cutlasses, (5) Five Bullet Proof Vest, (6) Six Pair of Boots, (10) Ten Megaphone (Public Address System),(3) Three Oodua Styles Beret Caps, (7) Seven Belts, (11) Eleven Oodua Nation Army Camouflage Uniforms, (1) One Unregistered Nissan Urban Caravan Bus and (3). Three TVS Motor Motorcycles.”