Sunday Igboho’s wife, six others freed in Ekiti

The Department of State Services, DSS has released the wife of Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Igboho and six others who were abducted when the operatives of the department stormed his Soka residence in Ibadan.

NewsDirectNG learnt that they were released in Ekiti State, few minutes after Igboho announced the suspension of the Yoruba Nation Rally in Lagos.

The leader of the umbrella body of the Yoruba self-determination groups, Ilana Omo Oodua, Emeritus Professor Banji Akintoye, had earlier explained how security operatives stormed the residence of Igboho in the early hours of Thursday.

He said this in a statement personally signed by him and made available to newsmen by his Communications Manager, Mr. Maxwell Adeleye.

The statement was titled, ‘Yoruba Nation: Elements of the Nigerian Army, Accompanied by International Terrorists hired by the Nigerian State attacked Sunday Ighoho’s Residence – Akintoye.’

According to the Communications Manager, Akintoye alleged that “the assailants were all dressed in military uniform and spoke French language fluently.”

He further said that “the gunmen killed seven occupants in the building and whisked Igboho’s wife and several others away.”