Akintoye said he was highly fulfilled as a Yoruba man to witness Igboho’s victory and his eventual return to Nigeria after a long battle with the authorities.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Founder of Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide, a Yoruba socio-cultural group, Emeritus Professor Banji Akintoye, has declared his intention to end his self-exile following the return of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a. Sunday Igboho, to Nigeria.
The historian stated this on Saturday at the funeral ceremony of Igboho’s mother, S.A. Adeyemo, in Ibadan, Oyo State capital.
The professor has been in self-exile since the incarceration of Igboho in Benin Republic.
Akintoye said he was highly fulfilled as a Yoruba man to witness Igboho’s victory and his eventual return to Nigeria after a long battle with the authorities.
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Akintoye spoke through his spokesperson, Gani Alagbala, from the United States of America who did not mince words to reaffirm that Yoruba Nation would soon be realised.
The burial reception which was held at Sablak Event Centre, Sanyo, Ibadan had in attendance prominent Yoruba personalities, and traditional rulers including the Ajero of Ijero Ekiti, Oba Joseph Adewole; the Olojora of Ijora , Oba Ogundana; and the Olodogbo of Odogbo-Ijesha, Oba Tunde Oginni amongst others.
While reaffirming the resolve to actualise Yoruba Nation in no distant time, Igboho insisted that President Bola Tinubu is not responsible for the hardship in the country.