The family of Jumoke Oyeleke, the salesgirl who was allegedly killed by a stray bullet during the Yoruba Nation rally in Lagos on Saturday, has threatened to sue the Lagos State Government and the state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu,…
Group assembles Yoruba lawyers for Igboho’s aides, Lagos protesters
The Ilana Omo Oodua has said it is assembling senior Yoruba lawyers to ensure the release of aides of Chief Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, arrested during the raid by the Department of State Services on the activist’s house. Igboho,…
Yoruba Nation rally shooting: My daughter was 25 years old, not 14, says victim’s mother
Mother of the victim of the Yoruba Nation rally shooting, Jumoke Oyeleke, says her daughter was 25 years old and not 14 as widely reported. She was also the first of four children by her parents, her mother, Ifeoluwa Oyeleke,…
Shots fired as police disperse Yoruba nation agitators in Lagos
Gunshots have been fired by policemen present at the Gani Fawehinmi Park in Ojota, Lagos as the Yoruba nation rally begins. This was after the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, addressed journalists at the venue saying no rally…
Yoruba Nation: Security operatives seal off venue of Osogbo rally
There was a heavy presence of police, men of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, at Nelson Mandela Freedom Park, Osogbo, the venue of the Yoruba Nation Mega Rally on Saturday. Also sighted at the venue were men of Amotekun…