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Chief
Sunday Igboho
Born
Sunday Adeniyi Adeyemo
(1972-10-10) 10 October 1972 (age 51)
Igboho town, Oke Ogun, Oyo State, Nigeria
Occupation(s)
Politician, businessman, philanthropist
Chief Sunday Adeniyi Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho (born on 10 October 1972 in Igboho, Nigeria) is a Nigerian Yoruba self-determination activist and philanthropist. Nicknamed after his hometown, he rose to fame following his role in the Modakeke-Ife communal crisis in 1997, where he played an active part.[1]
He is the chairman of Adeson International Business Concept Ltd. His chieftaincy title, Akoni Oodua of Yorubaland, has become famous in recent years.[2][3]
He gained social media attention in January 2021 when he gave an ultimatum to Fulani herdsmen in Ibarapa to vacate the land after the killing of Dr. Aborode and enforced same.[4][5]
He is currently agitating for the freedom of the South West.[6]
In October 2023, Sunday Igboho was released in Benin where he had been arrested after fleeing the police in Nigeria in 2021.[7]
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^Alao, Moses. "2019: I Inherited Powers To Command Guns From My Father —Sunday Igboho". tribuneonlineng.com. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
^"The untold story of controversial Yoruba youth leader Sunday Igboho". Daily Trust. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
^"INSECURITY: Why Fulani herders must leave Oyo – Igboho". Vanguard News. 19 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
^"Nothing must happen to Igboho, Ibarapa Youths warn FG, Oyo govt". Vanguard News. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
^editing (19 July 2021). "EXCLUSIVE: Yoruba Freedom Fighter, Sunday Igboho Arrested in Cotonou". Sahara Reporters. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
^editing (9 October 2023). "Bénin : libération du séparatiste yoruba nigérian Sunday Igboho". Sahara Reporters. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
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