Monday, July 14, 2025 - Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Igboho, has reacted to the death of former President Muhammadu Buhari.
Igboho, a prominent figure in the Yoruba self-determination
movement, made this remark on a video shared on social media following news of
Buhari’s death on Sunday, July 13 in a UK hospital.
“Buhari wanted to kill me years ago,
but now he has died before me,” Igboho said in the video
Igboho has long accused the former president’s administration
of persecuting him over his agitation for an independent Yoruba nation.
He rose to prominence as an activist calling for the creation
of an independent Yoruba nation, citing what he described as systemic
marginalization, insecurity, and economic neglect of the South-West under
successive Nigerian governments. His outspoken agitation often put him at odds
with federal authorities.
In 2021, during Buhari’s presidency, Nigerian security forces
raided Igboho’s residence in Ibadan, killing two of his aides and declaring him
wanted for allegedly stockpiling weapons and inciting violence. Igboho fled the
country and was later arrested in Benin Republic while attempting to travel to
Germany, sparking a diplomatic standoff and protests across the South-West
demanding his release
“BUHARI tried to kill me but he has gone before me”- Yoruba Nation activist, SUNDAY IGBOHO pic.twitter.com/tg7Tk5uy6Z
— DAILY POST 🇳🇬 (@dailypost_ng) July 14, 2025
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