Lagos state Oodua nation mega rally

Ooduua Republic Mega Rally: Police arrest Ogboni leader, Osun worshipper, 47 others

*Recover weapons, charms , others

July 4, 2021

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Arrested suspects

By tomi whan

Forty-nine persons, among them a man who claimed to be leader of the Ogboni confraternity and a female Osun worshipper , simply identified as yeye, were arrested weekend, during the botched Oodua Republic Mega rally at the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom park, Ojota, Lagos.  

The Police said dangerous weapons such as arms, ammunition, axes, cutlasses and charms were recovered from them. Also recovered were five vehicles used to convey the protesters to the venue .

Some of the suspects were said to have come from outside Lagos. As at yesterday, owners of some of the vehicles impounded contacted the command from Oyo state, informing that the vehicle in question was leased to the arrested suspects.

Recall that the command handed down a warning last Thursday, that it would not allow any rally in the state under any guise, threatening to deal decisively with anyone or group that would act otherwise.

However, protesters who gathered at the designated point with different banners on Saturday to carry on with their agitation for a Yoruba nation, were dispersed by policemen stationed at Ojota.

Parading the suspects at the command headquarters, weekend, Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command, CP Hakeem Odumosu, said, “ On Saturday July 3, 2021, despite warnings and security explanations given to organizers of the rally to forestall breakdown of law and orders in Lagos State, certain individuals came into the state with the intention to foment trouble under the guise of the said mega rally. In curtailing their activities that portend threat to the security of the state, the command arrested 49 suspects.