- Personnel of the Nigerian Military have arrested several separatists in Ibadan, Oyo instruct, southwest Nigeria
- Yoruba Nation agitators invaded the Oyo instruct authorities secretariat inflicting panic amongst residents and businesspersons
- An announcement by Onyema Nwachukwu, military spokesperson, mentioned that the agitators engaged troops in a gun duel upon sighting them on the secretariat
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Ibadan, Oyo instruct – The Nigerian Military has confirmed the invasion of the Oyo instruct secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan.
The Military acknowledged its officers “promptly responded” to the incident and “had contact with adherents of the Yoruba Nation wearing foreign militia conceal with berets and armed with harmful weapons in buses and motorbikes”.
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In a press open on Saturday night time, April 13, Onyema Nwachukwu, military spokesperson, acknowledged upon encountering troopers, the armed Yoruba Nation separatists engaged Nigerian security brokers in a shootout in the Oyo instruct capital.
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Photos of reveals and arrested suspects had been shared on X (formerly Twitter).
The Military’s assertion partly reads:
“Troops, utilising superior firepower, successfully subdued the attackers, who therefore retreated in disarray.
“As a outcomes of this engagement, 9 contributors of the irredentist team had been apprehended, while one Semi Automatic Pump Amble rifle and ammunition had been recovered.”
Furthermore, the military mentioned that its males are on the discover of the fleeing separatists, and the scream is beneath withhold a watch on.
Meanwhile, following the incident, ‘Ibadan’ is on the 2nd trending on X, with some social media customers urging the authorities to be proactive.
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Sunday Igboho speaks on Ibadan incident
Earlier, Business City reported that Sunday Igboho acknowledged he knew nothing about the invasion of the Oyo instruct authorities secretariat earlier in the day.
Talking through Olayomi Koiki, his media aide throughout a Fb Stay monitored by Business City, Igboho distanced himself from the infraction.
In a same vein, Professor Banji Akintoye, the weak chief of Ilana Omo Oodua, alleged that one other separatist chief, Abiola Onitiri, used to be in the motivate of the incident.
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