The Department of State Security Services, DSS has detailed how activist and pro-secession leader, Sunday Adeyemo alias Sunday Igboho and his boys engaged their operatives in a gun duel that lasted over an hour.
This was contained in a statement sent to POLITICS NIGERIA on Thursday night signed by the spokesperson of the agency, Dr. Peter Afunanya. Igboho’s bodyguards numbering about 9 reportedly opened fire on the security agents on sighting them around Igboho’s Soka, Ibadan home. Two of the activist’s men were killed in the duel.
Twelve arrests were made and several arms and ammunitions were recovered.
“In the early hours (about 0134 hours) of today, 1st July, 2021, a joint team of security operatives raided the residence of Sunday Adeniyi Adeyemo a.k.a. SUNDAY IGBOHO at Soka, Ibadan, Oyo State. This was based on intelligence that he had stockpiled arms in the place.”
“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.”, the statement read in part.
Photos of the recovered arms, charms and ammunition;
DO YOU HAVE TO GO AT NIGHT? THIS IGBOHO HASN’T KILLED ANYONE YET. WHY CAN’T WE BEHAVE LIKE A CIVILISED COUNTRY? DO YOU HAVE TO DESTROY HIS PROPERTY? HE SURELY DESERVES AN APOLOGY AND GOOD COMPENSATION.
Which gun battle? This is one of the reasons…l don’t pity Nigerian journalist any time government is killing them.