Following the reactions that greeted the submission of his petition to the United Kingdom government, Sunday Adeyemo, more commonly known as Sunday Igboho, the Yoruba Nation activist has justified his decision to submit such letter.
SaharaReporters had exclusively reported that Igboho who submitted a 25-page petition on Yoruba nation to the office of UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, at No 10, Downing Street, London.
He has now warned the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government against “intimidating British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Richard Montgomery.”
He made his view known in a statement personally signed by him.
“British government colonised Nigeria and we have every right to submit our letter to UK government on our demand for a sovereign Yoruba nation. Nigeria as a nation attained independence on October 1, 1960 from the British government.”he stated
“The amalgamation of Northern and Southern protectorate in 1914 was the making of British government. It is also important to let you know that constitutionally, we have the inalienable rights after 100 years of amalgamation to opt out of the marriage of inconvenience as a process for the realisation of Yoruba nation.”
“The major reason why we submitted the letter to the UK government was because we want them to be a witness before the United Nations whenever the issue regarding clamour for the Yoruba nation comes up before the international body.”
“The usual period for official response to an official letter is about two weeks, the Prime Minister might not have read the letter.
“But, I want to assure all Yoruba sons and daughters that we will not be cowed or deterred by the antics of the Federal Government over their moves to suppress our legitimate agitation.”
“We will continue to deploy peaceful, non-violent, civil and legitimate measures aimed at ensuring the birth of Yoruba nation. Our people should be calm and resolute, believing firmly in the collective struggle for our emancipation so that we can explore our great potentials to build a virile Yoruba nation whenever it is created out of the present Nigerian contraption.”
He insisted that summoning Montgomery to Abuja will not stop the agitation for a Yoruba nation.
“Summoning the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Richard Montgomery, in Abuja will not stop or truncate our continued agitation for Yoruba nation as we will not hesitate to galvanise global support and rally international community for the realisation of our agenda,” the statement concluded.(SaharaReporters)
