Yoruba diaspora socio-cultural organization, Yoruba Global Council, on Friday said the invasion of Sunday Igboho’s house by the men of the Department of State Security was planned to suppress the agitation for the Yoruba nation.
The group which spoke in a statement by its spokesperson, Prof Lere Amusan said the attack by the DSS under the guise of seeking out stockpiled arms could have led to killing him (Igboho) if found during the raid.
Chiding the DSS over the reason given for the raid, YGC said ”it is baffling that herders who are known to be custodians of illegal arms even with Miyettiallah,.its leadership known to the government, are not accused of stockpiling arms.
“Rather it is the peaceful Igboho the government considers too dangerous and deserve such unwarranted, violent sting operation where lives were lost”
The statement added, ”The attack on Igboho where lives were lost and many arrested has exposed the fact that Nigeria is miles away from acceptable democratic norms”, even as it warned that the development might have dare consequences on the fragile peace in the country.
The Yoruba diaspora group also queried the reason the government had seen Igboho as a threat to it.
It also warned that should the provocative attacks continue unchecked, the Southwest may become another field for violence like its being witnessed in some other parts of the country, adding that the world has become so civilized and it is needless to spill blood before agitating nations are granted sovereignty.
It, however, implored Yoruba people to unite at this crucial period and repel forces trying to suppress them.