On July 1, 2021 members of the Department of State Security (DSS) without a search warrant or warrant of arrest raided the home of the human rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo Igboho in the Soka area of Ibadan the Oyo State capital.
They could not arrest him for he had gone underground. But two people were killed and a number of people were arrested and taken away to Abuja.
Sadly, up till the time of writing, those arrested without warrant from Igboho’s house are still in detention without any hope of being given bail very soon. Worse still, on our visit to Egbedore Local Government area of Osun State Saturday, July 10, 2021, passengers on vehicles were being searched on the major roads in Oyo and Osun states. Though we were not told the reason, we as reporters believe the Police were looking for Sunday Igboho.
During the 1950 Ibadan Constitutional Conference where they decided the ratio of representation as 44:33:33 for the North, West and East. Northern politicians rejected the arrangement. There, the Emir of Zaria said their share must be 50 percent of the seats or they will secede from Nigeria. Subsequently, at the 1954 Lagos Constitutional Conference, It was the turn of the Action Group to demand that a secession clause be inserted in the Constitution.
The transition from threats to actual secession occurred on February 23, 1966 when Isaac Adaka Boro decided he was not ready to live in a Nigeria ruled by the Igbo. He therefore declared the independence of the Niger Delta Peoples Republic following the military coup that established General Ironsi as Nigerian Head of State. Boro had become distraught with Igbo domination of Eastern minorities.
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