[BREAKING] Igboho: Why I Relocated To Benin Republic — Prof Akintoye

Professor Banji Akintoye, the leader of the umbrella organisation of Yoruba Self-Determination Groups, Ilana Omo Oodua, has responded to media claims that he has left Nigeria to avoid the Nigerian government’s plans to arrest him.

Akintoye stated that he is in Benin, but that he is not on the run.

Mr. Maxwell Adeleye, the Emeritus Professor of History, said he is in the Francophone country to coordinate and monitor how to lawfully rescue the incarcerated Yoruba Nation Activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, affectionately known as “Ighoho,” from government confinement as soon as possible.

Akintoye, a member of the Nigerian Senate under the Second Republic, stated that, like Ighoho, he has committed no crime against Nigerian law that warrants his imprisonment, intimidation, or harassment.

Akintoye vowed to return to Nigeria as soon as Ighoho is released by the Benin Republic government to continue the fight for Yoruba nationhood, declaring, “There will be no retreat, no surrender.”

The Yoruba Nation arrowhead said, “Myself, the President-General and Professor Wale Adeniran (Chairman) of Ilana Omo Oodua, are currently in the Republic of Benin as reported, but not on the run.

“We are here to supervise and coordinate, by all legal and and other means, the struggle for the release of our son and patriot, Sunday Adeyemo Igboho, detained by the Government from custody.

“By demanding peaceful self-determination for the Yoruba Nation, I am not breaking any law, since self-determination is recognized by the International and Nigerian laws to be an inalienable right of every Nationality, large or small, in the world.

“I have earned a solid reputation as a highly respected advocate of a peaceful self-determination struggle. I have even written a book on the subject which is already being used as a manual by Yoruba self-determination advocates and organizations.

“Irrespective of what the Nigerian Government may be planning against me, I want to say without any fear or intimidation that I will be returning to Nigeria immediately Ighoho is released from custody. I can’t be intimidated because I’ve not committed any offense, just like Sunday Igboho.

“Let me tell all Yoruba People across the world that there’s no cause for alarm. I didn’t flee to anywhere. I am in Benin Republic running your errands. The struggle is no retreat, no surrender.