News
JUST IN: Yoruba Nation agitators set for protest June 12 – Igboho
The agitators for self-determination of Yoruba Nation on Thursday disclosed they will hold ‘peaceful rallies’ across the Southwest region on Saturday, June 12.
The statement was made by self-styled activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemi otherwise known as Sunday Igboho, on Thursday.
Recall that the pro-Yoruba nation protesters have held rallies across southwest states including Osun, Ogun, Ekiti, and Ondo.
This is just as President of the National Association of Nigerian Students, Comrade Sunday Asefon, declared that NANs will hold ist National Day of Peaceful Protest on June 12 to put pressure on the government to act decisively towards addressing insecurity.
In the same vein, a former presidential aspirant and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, has also called for a nationwide June 12 protest against the President Buhari-led administration.
In a live video aired on Wednesday night by his spokesman, Olayomi Koiki, Igboho called on southwest Governors to cooperate with the peaceful protesters during the exercise.
“The Yoruba Nation rally will go ahead in every part of Yoruba land and the rest of the country where it will hold.
“Red alarm will begin on Friday. People should stock up food Items from Friday night.
“We are not backing down this weekend; we are ready to take back what belongs to us.”
He also enjoined agitators to ‘fast’ on the eve of the protest.
-
featured14 hours ago
Song lyrics are now simpler, angrier, more self-obsessed – Study
-
Entertainment16 hours ago
Why I became transgender – Bobrisky
-
News16 hours ago
Tinubu appoints new chairman for code of conduct bureau
-
News16 hours ago
Easter: IGP assures police commitment to public safety
-
News5 hours ago
Lagos postpones Easter boat race
-
News16 hours ago
Nationwide blackout imminent as national grid collapses
-
News6 hours ago
Woman loses pregnancy in Anambra after eight days detention
-
News3 hours ago
Speaker Abbas, Deputy Barau, Buhari celebrate Tinubu’s 72nd birthday