{"id":175972,"date":"2025-08-25T11:19:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T10:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/ooni-of-ife-offers-help-to-remove-igboho-from-wanted-list"},"modified":"2025-08-25T12:22:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T11:22:16","slug":"ooni-of-ife-offers-help-to-remove-igboho-from-wanted-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ooni-of-ife-offers-help-to-remove-igboho-from-wanted-list","title":{"rendered":"Ooni of Ife Offers Help to Remove Igboho from Wanted List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has promised to intervene in the face-off between Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, and the Nigerian government.<\/p>\n<p>The Ooni of Ife promised to prevail on the Nigerian government to remove Igboho\u2019s name from the wanted list.<\/p>\n<p>Igboho was declared wanted after the Department of State Services, DSS, raided his house in Ibadan, Oyo State, in July 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The DSS had discovered a stockpile of arms during the raid on Igboho\u2019s residence.<\/p>\n<p>But Igboho had appealed to the Ooni to prevail on the Nigerian government to remove him from its wanted list.<\/p>\n<p>However, the monarch pledged to help the Yoruba Nation agitator, adding that he has forgiven the freedom fighter for insulting him in the past.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in his palace in Ile-Ife, Osun State, over the weekend, the Ooni thanked God that Igboho did not die during his trial after he was declared wanted by the Nigerian security agencies.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cI am not angry with you because I am the father of all. You are a brave man and our pride in Yorubaland, and you will not die young.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are going to ensure that your name is removed from the wanted list. Ile-Ife is the source of the universe, and no one wants peace and the development of Yorubaland more than I do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has promised to intervene in the face-off between Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, and the Nigerian government. The Ooni of Ife promised to prevail on the Nigerian government to remove Igboho\u2019s name from the wanted list. 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