Thursday, 1st July 2021: Not less than two persons have been confirmed killed in an early morning attack on the house of Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, in Soka area of Ibadan, Oyo State.
The development was confirmed by Igboho’s spokesman, Olayomi Koiki, in the early hours of Thursday.
This is just two days to the planned rally to sensitise Lagosians on the need for Yoruba Nation on Saturday, July 3rd 2021.
Koiki, who, however, said his boss is safe, alleged that the attack was carried out by suspected operatives of the Nigerian Army.
He said: “He (Sunday Igboho) is currently safe.”
According to Koiki, the house was attacked around 1am on Thursday, claiming that Soldiers carried out the attack.
He said: “I can confirm that those who came are definitely Nigerian soldiers.
“There are more than 100 soldiers that came.
“The situation is very active as more security operatives in about seven Nigerian Army patrol vans have arrived.”
Koiki, speaking on Facebook Live, added: “The situation now is very bad.
“Two Yoruba sons have been killed in the house of Chief Sunday Igboho.
“The two dead bodies have been taken away by the military.
“We do not know of the location where they were taken to.”
All efforts to get response from the Army Director of Public Relations proved abortive as at the time of filling this report.
