We don’t regret our actions, says Yoruba Nation Defiant suspects

Ademola Adeniyi, a suspect in the Yoruba Nation agitators’ Saturday invasion of the Oyo State House of Assembly and Governor’s office, declared he had no regrets about what he had done.

“We all know that nothing is working in Nigeria and that things are hard for everyone except those in government,” said 29-year-old phone repair specialist Adeniyi. We were waiting for our leader to arrive and address us at the Secretariat.

“We believe our leader knows much about the law and so we are not afraid to join when we were called upon. Our leaders told us that all challenges Yoruba are facing shall be addressed if we achieve our aim.”

Ayanwale Rofiayat, another suspect, revealed that the people funding the invasion made a pledge to ensure she would never again starve.

This occurred after the Oyo State Government labelled the invasion as treasonous yesterday.

Remember last Saturday when a few agitators claiming to be from the Yoruba Nation raised their flag above the state House of Assembly building?

The Oyo State Police Command, Eleyele in Ibadan, paraded twenty suspects, including the woman suspect.

Speaking while being paraded, Rofiat said, “I’m from Igbo Ora in the Ibarapa zone of the state. The sponsors promised me and my entire family that they would empower us and that our future would be assured. Starvation would no longer be in our lives and that cost of living would automatically come down.”

The cops had other artefacts on exhibit. 30 torchlights, 49 bells, 5 horse tails, 7 walkie-talkies, 261 belts, 12 Yoruba Nation flags, 1 Oodua Nation coat of arms, 405 live cartridges, 72 pairs of camouflage uniforms, and other items are among them. Two security jackets are also included.

Saying, “The Army camouflage attire on me and other members when we converged on Ibadan before moving to the Secretariat,” she gave the source of their foreign military camouflage.

A 55-year-old lecturer at a Federal College of Education and another suspect, Mr. Alabi Ogundeji, claimed that members of the Yoruba movement are dispersed throughout all states where the Yoruba language is spoken.

“Our leaders went to all Yoruba-speaking states to serve officials with written letters, and we were given our copies,” Ogundeji stated.

“After the declaration, occupation, and notification to the world that the Yoruba are an indigenous nation, the proclamation was made.”

Additionally, one of the suspects, a septuagenarian named Mr. Peter Adeyemo, denied being a member, stating that he and his daughter had gone to Itamerin Market to buy some products and on the way back, they had noticed people gathered. They approached a policeman with questions, but he treated them harsh and put them under arrest.

On the charms and amulets found on his body, Adeyemo, a furniture carpenter from Iwere Ile in the Ibarapa zone of Oyo State, admitted that he and his daughter were given some insignias including a flag found in possession of the daughter.