This fight is about more than just Yorubaland; it's about ALL Africans.
When is self-determination a crime?
Rally your friends and contact your legislators to help bring global attention to the kidnapping and detention of Nigerian freedom fighter, Sunday Igboho.
Chief Igboho has not been charged with a crime, yet he was unlawfully detained and has been in Beninese custody, away from his wife and children, since July 19, 2021.
Who Is Sunday Igboho?
Sunday Adeniyi Adeyemo is a husband, father, and entrepreneur who has come to be known for his strong stance on the importance of self-determination for the Yoruba people.
Adeyemo was born in Igboho, Old Oyo empire, of Oke ogun in Oyo State, which is why he’s commonly referred to as Sunday Igboho or Chief Igboho.
Why Is Igboho Being Detained?
A government-sanctioned, late-night raid on Igboho’s home on July 1, 2021, led to the deaths of two members of his team, and the detention of more than a dozen of his aides. But Sunday Igboho and his family escaped.
At the behest of the Nigerian government, Chief Igboho and his wife were illegally detained in Benin, removed from a flight en route to Germany to unite with their families. Sunday Igboho has been in custody without formal charges since July 2021.
Chief Igboho has been in the crosshairs of Nigerian leaders since he first called for Fulani herdsmen to leave Yoruba lands (see map below).
Map of Nigeria's linguistic groups
What is self-determination?
Self-determination is the right of every person, every African, to direct their own steps and forge the path of their own destiny, both collectively and as individuals.
Self-determination includes controlling our own land, establishing our own laws, choosing and installing our own leaders, and being the architects of our own economies.
More than oil, natural gas, tin, iron ore, coal, limestone, niobium, lead, zinc and arable land. NIGERIAN LIVES MATTER more than Nigerian resources.
Nigerian Lives Matter
43%
OF NIGERIANS LIVE IN POVERTY, BUT NIGERIA’S NATURAL RESOURCES MAKE IT THE 3RD MOST VALUABLE STRETCH OF LAND ON THE CONTINENT
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CONVICTIONS MADE IN 3400+ REPORTED CASES OF RAPE OF CHILDREN, YOUNG WOMEN, AND EVEN OLD WOMEN IN 2017. RAPE HAS INCREASED IN FREQUENCY, BOLDNESS, AND BRUTALITY SINCE THE LOCKDOWNS
55Yrs
AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY IN NIGERIA; COMPARED TO 81 IN THE UK, 78 IN THE US, 81 IN GERMANY, 83 IN FRANCE