Call for the unconditional release of the supporters of the Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, a.k.a Sunday Igboho, kick-started in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Wednesday, with scores of his loyalists taking to the streets for several hours.
Recall that some of Sunday Igboho’s aides were arrested at his Soka, Ibadan residence last week Thursday with, at least, two of his aides killed during an early morning raid by the DSS officials in conjunction with other security operatives.
The DSS had confirmed the arrest of 13 persons at his residence during the raid. However, the family members of those arrested have described the arrest of their brothers as illegal, warning that the Federal Government and the DSS should ensure their release within seven days.
The protesters, who donned black attires as a mark of solidarity, disclosed that a similar protest was being held in the United States of America and the United Kingdom.
Vehicular movements were disrupted for some hours in parts of the city during the peaceful rally on Wednesday.
Security operatives monitored the rally that lasted several hours.
The demonstrators, who moved from Soka area of the city, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to Challenge, Mobil, Ring Road, Dugbe and Mokola, among others, also demanded that the authorities should rescind the decision to arrest Sunday Igboho so as to avert crisis in the South-West.
Among the protesters were family members of the arrested aides of Sunday Igboho, his friends, associates, loyalists, as well as some of the supporters of the Yoruba self determination.
The placards bearing demonstrators, hoisting the Yoruba Nation flag on a motorcycle, sang protest songs against the continued detention of those in the DSS custody in Abuja while also condemning the move by the Federal Government to suppress their agitation.
The protesters urged the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, and other leading Yoruba monarchs to back what they described as the genuine call for secession.
It was learnt that the protest would continue in Ibadan and other parts of the South-West states on Thursday.
