…Lays mum to rest in native town today
By Adeyinka Adeniran
Barring last minute change, Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, fondly called Sunday Igboho will return to his Soka, Ibadan residence on Saturday.
The return which could be termed homecoming will be the first time the activist will be visiting the residence in the last three years.
It was gathered that the Activist will be at the residence to play host to top dignitaries and his supporters in concluding ceremony of the burial of his late mother.
Corenews confirms that Igboho is presently back to Nigeria and precisely in his native town of Igboho.
Igboho flew the country following the deadly attack on his residence in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital city on July 1, 2021.
It was gathered that he flew in from Germany where he had been after a Benionese Court granted him bail last year.
He narrowly escaped from Ibadan, in the early hours of July 1, 2021 when a combined team of Department of State Security and Nigeria Army personnel invaded his house located at Soka in Ibadan, killing two persons, while 13 of his supporters were arrested, arraigned and later granted bail by a Federal High Court of Abuja Division, presided over by Justice Obiora Egwuatu.
Confirming his arrival in the country to The Nation when contacted, the Spokesman to the Activist, Olayomi Koiki said the Activist is in the country for the burial of his mother who died last year.
A video the Spokesman sent to Corenews shows the Activist at the morgue where he went to receive his mother’s corpse in preparation for the Wake on Thursday.
He said, “It is true that he is back in the country. He came back on Wednesday purposely for the burial ceremony of his mother. He has to come back home to bury his mother who passed on last year and Thursday (yesterday) was her wake keep and today (Friday) is the burial ceremony in Igboho before he will move to Ibadan for the entertainment of guests on Saturday.
“I can tell you that all arrangements have been perfected to give his mother a befitting burial and eminent Nigerians and dignitaries from all walks of life are billed to attend the burial.”
It however remains unclear if the Activist will make the return permanent to continue his agitation or will return to his new base in Germany after the ceremony.
