Oyogist has learned that The Department of State Services, DSS has declared yourba Nation agitator, Sunday Igboho wanted following a raid at his residence in Ibadan, Oyo State.
DSS, during a press briefing by its Public Relations Officer, Peter Afunanya on Thursday night, also confirmed that it arrested 11 men and a woman after the raid and exchange of gunfire.
The secret police said that the raid was based on intelligence that Igboho had stockpiled arms in the place.
Afunanya said; “On approach to the residence, the team came under heavy gun attack by nine (9) men, suspected to be Igboho’s guards. Six (6) of them were armed with AK-47 gun and three (3) others, with Pump-Action riffles.”
“In the course of the exchange, two (2) of Igboho’s armed men were gunned down while the rest were subdued and arrested. Only one operative who was shot by the assailants on his right hand sustained injury. He has, however, received medical attention and is very stable.
“Afterwards, the team procedurally searched the house and subsequently recovered several ammunition.
“This is to inform Nigerians and the world that Sunday Igboho and his group, in the guise of campaign for self-determination, have become well-armed and determined to undermine public order.
“This, the arrests and seizures are, no doubt, a confirmation of a grand plan by IGBOHO and his cohorts to wage a violent insurrection against the Nigerian State.
