A team of policemen, soldiers and Department of State Services officers on Friday failed in their attempt to arrest Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
Igboho’s media aide, Salami Oladapo in his reaction, said the attempt was made at exactly 2pm in front of a Satguru Maharaj Ji Village, along the busy highway.
Oladapo, who spoke for Igboho, said, “They laid in ambush for me and blocked his car with two vehicles. They were heavily armed but he said they were too small for him to arrest.
“He has described the situation as worrying and sad, especially because he is fighting for Yoruba people and not a criminal. It happened at exactly 2 pm, right in front of Satguru Maharaj Ji Village along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
“He was returning from a meeting he had with Yoruba elders in Lagos. He said ‘is it a sin to fight for Yoruba people? Is it a sin to fight for his people?”
But when asked if it took the intervention of the South-West governors or any prominent Yoruba person to abort the move to arrest him, Oladapo said that was not important at the time.
He said the important thing was that “Igboho is back in his house in Ibadan, safe and sound.”
“He was not harmed in any way, I can tell you that,” he added.
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