{"id":46091,"date":"2021-07-03T20:44:06","date_gmt":"2021-07-03T19:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/sunday-igboho-we-pray-they-attend-yoruba-nation-rally-fg-targets-more-agitators"},"modified":"2021-07-03T21:40:35","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T20:40:35","slug":"sunday-igboho-we-pray-they-attend-yoruba-nation-rally-fg-targets-more-agitators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sunday-igboho-we-pray-they-attend-yoruba-nation-rally-fg-targets-more-agitators","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Igboho: \u2018We pray they attend Yoruba Nation rally\u2019 \u2013 FG targets more agitators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The federal government has commenced a full-scale offensive against secessionists including Yoruba agitator Sunday Igboho and others across Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST was informed of the decision on Friday ahead of the Yourba Nation rally in Lagos on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>A source close to top federal and security officials said the President Muhammadu Buhari administration has drawn the battle line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe pray they come out. I can confirm to you that those of them who had instigated violence or made seditious comments will be arrested and prosecuted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe good news is that some of them are wanted, so this will be a good time to apprehend them. The opportunity has presented itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government has had enough of using secessionist calls to perpetrate chaos. Nigeria is dealing with a lot of problems, we should try to de-escalate tension, not escalate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook at the killings and destruction that have been happening in the South-East and South-West due to break-up demands. What manner of government would watch and do nothing?\u201d, he quipped.<\/p>\n<p>Self-determination Yoruba groups, including Ilana Omo Oodua (IOO) have vowed to hold the rally as scheduled.<\/p>\n<p>The venue, Gani Fawehimi Freedom Park in Ojota, has witnessed the increased presence of security operatives.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the Police deployed hundreds of officers and assets that will guard strategic locations in Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>Muyiwa Adejobi, the spokesman said the show of force was \u201ca warning signal to whoever or any group of persons planning to stage any procession or foment troubles in Lagos\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The federal government has commenced a full-scale offensive against secessionists including Yoruba agitator Sunday Igboho and others across Nigeria. DAILY POST was informed of the decision on Friday ahead of the Yourba Nation rally in Lagos on Saturday. A source close to top federal and security officials said the President Muhammadu Buhari [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":46090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,14,26],"tags":[1570,2140,254,2625],"class_list":["post-46091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-nigeria","tag-sunday-igboho"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sunday Igboho: \u2018We pray they attend Yoruba Nation rally\u2019 \u2013 FG targets more agitators - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The federal government has commenced a full-scale offensive against secessionists including Yoruba agitator Sunday Igboh ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sunday-igboho-we-pray-they-attend-yoruba-nation-rally-fg-targets-more-agitators\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sunday Igboho: \u2018We pray they attend Yoruba Nation rally\u2019 \u2013 FG targets more agitators\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The federal government has commenced a full-scale offensive against secessionists including Yoruba agitator Sunday Igboh ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sunday-igboho-we-pray-they-attend-yoruba-nation-rally-fg-targets-more-agitators\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-03T19:44:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-07-03T20:40:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/img-60e0cb1553bd0.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sunday-igboho-we-pray-they-attend-yoruba-nation-rally-fg-targets-more-agitators#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sunday-igboho-we-pray-they-attend-yoruba-nation-rally-fg-targets-more-agitators\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Sunday Igboho: \u2018We pray they attend Yoruba Nation rally\u2019 \u2013 FG targets more agitators\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-03T19:44:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-07-03T20:40:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sunday-igboho-we-pray-they-attend-yoruba-nation-rally-fg-targets-more-agitators\"},\"wordCount\":263,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sunday-igboho-we-pray-they-attend-yoruba-nation-rally-fg-targets-more-agitators#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/img-60e0cb1553bd0.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Nigeria\",\"Sunday Igboho\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sunday-igboho-we-pray-they-attend-yoruba-nation-rally-fg-targets-more-agitators#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sunday-igboho-we-pray-they-attend-yoruba-nation-rally-fg-targets-more-agitators\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sunday-igboho-we-pray-they-attend-yoruba-nation-rally-fg-targets-more-agitators\",\"name\":\"Sunday Igboho: \u2018We pray they attend Yoruba Nation rally\u2019 \u2013 FG targets more agitators - 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