Photo: Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, who is being held in Benin Republic over alleged immigration offences. He fled Nigeria following a night bloody raid by security agencies of his Ibadan home on July 1. He was arrested in Benin Republic enroute Germany over alleged immigration offences. On the right is the detained leader of the proscribed Independent People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Detained originally for his agitation, he jumped bail but was later arrested in Kenya and sent back to Nigeria. He is being held over alleged treasonable offences.
The umbrella body of leading regional self-determination groups in the South and Middle Belt of Nigeria, the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination (NINAS), has vowed to go ahead with the planned one million man march in front of the United Nations Headquarters in New York, United States.
Renowned historian, Prof Banji Akintoye is representing the South-West and Yorubaland in NINAS; South-East and Middle-Belt Renaissance Movement under the leadership of Prof Yusufu Turaki is representing the Middle Belt. while the Lower Niger Congress under the leadership of Tony Nnadi is representing the South-South,
It was learnt that the self-determination planned to storm the UN on September 14, to demand for a referendum on self-determination and abolition of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria.
The 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) holds from 14th- 21st September, 2021.
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It was learnt that Nigerians in diaspora from the South East, South South, South West and Middle Belt’s clans, living in the United States of America, are being mobilised to stand up for their Indigenous Nationalities.
Akintoye, during an interview, said, :”We want to show the world our plight so that we can see solutions. We can’t keep quiet. The mega rallies held in Southwest were a success, and it is not enough, but we need the world to understand our current plight.
“The Federal Government has tried to clamp down on our rallies, and some of the peaceful protesters were attacked, and some were arrested. We decided the rally that we’ve held at home is not enough, we need to go international.
“This rally is coming at a time the UN General Assembly is going to be meeting in New York. This rally will help in solidifying self-determination agitation.
“The rally is going to be an inclusive one, we’ve done the necessary. We’ve formed alliance — NINAS — and we’ve agreed on the rally. We’ll have Yorubas, Igbos, Middle Belt, other regions will be at the rally.”
The Nation
