The Department of State Services (DSS) has confirmed the attack on the residence of Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho, in Soka, Oyo State on Thursday morning.
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The secret police also disclosed that two allies of the Yoruba Nation agitator were killed during an operation at his Ibadan residence.
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Recall that Igboho had raised an alarm that two people were killed during an attack on his residence in the early hours of Thursday.
There had been claims in some quarters that the activist staged the attack to stir the pity of Nigerians.
The DSS, however, at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday night, confirmed the attack on Igboho’s residence.
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The spokesman of the secret police, Peter Afunanya, while speaking with newsmen also paraded no fewer than 12 suspects arrested during the operation.
He said Igboho is presently on the run but vowed that the government will definitely track him.
Afunaya stated, “A team of joint security operatives raided the residence of Sunday Adeyemo at Soka in Ibadan. This was based on intelligence that he had stockpiled arms in the place.
“On approach to his residence, the team came under heavy gun attack by nine men suspected to be Igboho’s guards. Six were armed with AK-47 guns and three others with pump action rifles.
“In the course of the exchange, two of the armed men were gunned down, while the rest were subdued and arrested. Only one operative, who was shot by the assailants in his right hand, sustained injury. He has, however, received medical attention and is very stable.
“The gun duel, which lasted an hour, offered Igboho the chance to escape. Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, is now on the run.”
