Police Command is currently interrogating 20 suspects who were arrested in the aftermath of yesterday’s invasion of the Oyo State Government Secretariat Ibadan by armed men who called themselves Oodua Nation supporters.
However, prominent Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo alias Igboho, and leader of the Yoruba Self Determination group, Prof. Banji Akintoye, distanced themselves from the actions of the invaders and their group.Ibadan was momentarily gripped by tension as news of the invasion spread. “The suspects, who were in military camouflages, came heavily armed in an unregistered silver-coloured Nissan Urban Caravan bus containing cutlasses, pump action rifles, cartridges, assorted charms and an O’dua Nation agitation flag.
“Sequel to the above, the Commissioner of Police has detailed a highly 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 as well expand the network of arrests through painstaking intelligence driven investigation.
The Nigerian Army, in a separate statement on X , said: “This is to notify the general public that today Saturday 13 April 2024, sequel to the report of an attack on the State Secretariat Agodi, Ibadan, Oyo State, troops promptly responded to the incident and had contact with adherents of the Yoruba Nation dressed in foreign military camouflage with berets and armed with dangerous weapons in buses and motorbikes.
It was gathered that the gunmen drove to the secretariat in a grey Toyota Hiace bus and on two motorcycles, which have now been seized and taken to the State Police Headquarters. The Amotekun operatives returned fire and were soon joined by more personnel from the army, police, Department of State Services and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps .They had charms on their necks and round their waists. Some of them took to their heels once they sensed danger.
He said the invaders, by their conduct, were not fighting for Yoruba interest but against the people. “We are the authentic Yoruba Nation Movement. We are not connected or working with anyone to oppress the Yoruba in Nigeria.
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