From Yoruba Nation Agitation to APC Support: Questions Around Sunday Igboho’s Political Shift

The April 2024 attempt by armed men to take over the Oyo State Secretariat and House of Assembly revived public concerns about the direction of the Yoruba Nation movement. The group was quickly arrested after attempting to hoist an alternate flag in Ibadan. The article traces the movement’s rise during the herder-farmer crisis in Ibarapa, when Sunday Igboho gained widespread support for confronting insecurity. It argues that the campaign later shifted from local security concerns to calls for a Yoruba Nation or Oduduwa Republic. It also revisits the 2021 raid on Igboho’s residence, his arrest in Benin Republic, and claims by Omoyele Sowore that the movement had political backing. Igboho’s appearance at an APC event in 2026 and his recent focus on the Iru Ekun security network have raised fresh questions about the movement’s earlier separatist agenda. The piece argues that many grassroots supporters who believed in the Yoruba Nation cause may now feel abandoned as prominent figures linked to the agitation move closer to mainstream politics.

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