The Agbekoya Farmers Society of Nigeria yesterday promised to free Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo popularly called Sunday Igboho, from Benin Republic detention.
The body, protesting in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, said it would use magical power to free Igboho if they continued to hold him in detention illegally.
The protesters carried banners with inscriptions such as “Free Sunday Igboho”, “Southwest Governors Should Rise and Save Yorubaland from Invasion by Bandits, kidnappers, Ritualists, Rapists etc.”, “Bandits Now Have Colony Within Our Country”, among others.
He said: “Sunday Igboho is not a criminal and we know he is being held illegally. Benin Republic Government has stopped taking him to court; hence, we demand that he should be released through legal means. If they refuse, we will use our magical power to get him out of the prison. I repeat, we Agbekoya, will get him out of Benin Republic detention and bring him back home.”
Okikiola decried the spate of insecurity across the country, warning of the grave consequences of taking the masses for granted by politicians.
The protesters converged on Olaitan, from where they moved through Odi-Olowo, Asubiaro, Isale-Osun, Idi-Omo to Ataoja Oba Jimoh Olaonipekun’s palace, where they submitted a letter to the royal father on their demands from President Muhammadu Buhari.
