See Why Sunday Igboho Suspended Lagos 'Yoruba Nation' Rally

Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, has suspended the Yoruba Nation rally which was scheduled to hold in Lagos on Saturday.

Igboho made the announcement during an interview with BBC News Pidgin on Thursday afternoon,

The suspension of the Lagos Yoruba rally is coming hours after Igboho's house in Ibadan, Oyo State, was attacked by unknown gunmen who killed two persons as against seven earlier mentioned and abducted his wife.

He explained that he took the decision to cancel the Lagos rally because of safety and security issues.

Speaking on the recent attack, Igboho noted that the attackers were unknown men in military uniform who came into his house at Soka area in the wee hours of Thursday.

He said, "I was at home and around 1:30 am, I heard gunshots in front of my house and they said they are from the DSS (Department of State Services) and that they are soldiers. Sunday Igboho, come out!

“I peeped through my window, I saw them and truly they were dressed in DSS and Nigerian army uniform. I was surprised and wondered what the problem was because I haven't killed anybody.”

Igboho added that the attack came as a surprise to him because his activism is for the safety of his people and has not been violent. 

"What I am simply doing is to fight for my people, my rallies have always been peaceful, I am fighting for my family because Fulani bandits killed my family, raped them and government refused to do the right thing for my family, that is why I have come out to fight for them so I am surprised.

"They killed two people during the shooting, destroyed my property, my vehicles," he said.