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Two Killed as Suspected Soldiers Attack Yoruba Activist Residence

  • Date of Occurrence
    July 1, 2021
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    Ibadan South-West, Oyo, Nigeria
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Suspected Nigerian military personnel have attacked the residence of Yoruba secessionist Sunday Igboho in Ibadan, his spokesman said on Thursday.

Oluyomi Koiki said two people were killed when the men in military uniform breached Mr Igboho’s residence in Soka, just south of Ibadan city centre. Mr Koiko told Peoples Gazette that the bodies were taken away by the attackers, but did not immediately disclose the number of those injured.

Footage said to be from the incident contained blood spills in Mr Igboho’s living room. Several vehicles and other valuable assets in the building were also reportedly destroyed.

The Gazette has not independently confirmed the identity of the assailants. A spokesman for the Nigerian Army did not immediately return calls seeking comments about the violence.

The overnight attack came as Mr Igboho was preparing a major rally of separatist agitators scheduled to hold in Lagos on Saturday.

Mr Igboho did not appear to be at home when the attack occurred at about 1:30 a.m. on Thursday. He was on a trip to Germany earlier this month, The Gazette confirmed.

Mr Igboho’s campaign has been at odds with Nigerian security forces. His former residence in Ibadan was attacked earlier this year when he held rallies to demand Yoruba’s exit from Nigeria. Security forces, including operatives of the State Security Service, have clashed with Mr Igboho’s private security team during attempts to arrest him.

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Yoruba Activist Sunday Igboho Speaks on DSS Attack at his Residence

Yoruba secessionist Sunday Igboho said he was at home when the operatives of the State Security Service collaborated with the Nigerian Army in an early morning attack on his Ibadan residence.

Witnesses said the men, dressed in Nigerian military uniform attacked the house located in Soka area of Ibadan at about 1:30 a.m. on Thursday, destroyed valuable assets in the building, killed two, and took the bodies away.

Footage from the incident also contained blood spills in the activist’s living room and vehicles destroyed.

A commentator in a live video of the incident said the men stormed the residence with five patrol vans, Hilux, and private vehicles and passed through Iwo road from Soka after the attack.

Confirming the attack to BBC, Mr Igboho said he was indoor at the time of the incident and heard the men saying that they were officials of the SSS and Nigerian Army.

“Around 1:30 a.m., I just heard gunshots in front of my house. ‘Sunday Igboho come out, we are DSS, we are soldiers,” the activist said.

“I stood close to the window, I saw them in DSS uniform and soldiers in the Nigerian Army. So, I was surprised.

“I did not kill or fight with anybody,” he said while explaining that “what I’m doing is to fight for my people. I am fighting for my people because the Fulani bandits killed my family, kidnap and take ransom from them.

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  • Date of Occurrence
    2021-07-01
  • State/Country
    Ibadan South-West
  • Perpetrator
    Nigerian Military Personnel
  • Source
    https://gazettengr.com/just-in-two-killed-as-suspected-soldiers-attack-sunday-igbohos-residence/%20
Location

Ibadan South-West, Oyo, Nigeria

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  • South West
Rights & Freedom Violated
  • Freedom of Association & Assembly
Mode of Attacks
  • Unlawful Killings, Physical Attacks, Torture, Degrading Treatment
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