Oyogist has learned that over 48,000 Nigerians recently signed a change.org petition seeking for the independence of the Yoruba nation and which was started by the Ominora Yoruba Group has garnered 48,165 signatories.
The petition shared online by supporters of the Yoruba Nation Now movement is aimed at emassing 5million signatories.
Over the years there have been several calls for the independence of Yoruba Nation – a campaign which brought agitator, Sunday Adeyemo (Igboho) to the spotlight.
The Yoruba Nation activist, who had just recently gained freedom from detention in Benin Republic, had at several times noted that only the independence of the South-West region would bring a stop to the killings and other crimes in the region.
