DSS Clashes With Sunday Igboho Boys At Monach’s Palace

Some operatives of the Department of State Services and followers of Sunday Igboho clashed on Saturday over the ‘arrest’ of one of the operatives of the secret police during the rally for Yoruba nation.

In a video posted on Facebook on Sunday, THE WHISTLER observed that one of the leaders of the DSS was making attempts to see Igboho, obviously to tell his boys to release the operatives detained by the agitators.

But he was prevented by scores of Yoruba nation agitators.

The DSS leader brought out his right hand as if he wanted to draw out a pistol and this led to shooting in the air by some of the youths who were angry that the officer wanted to shoot.

It could not be ascertained if anybody was injured in the shooting which rent the air.

The incident happened right on the premises of the palace of the Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Olanipekun.

Igboho.had gone to pay homage to the monarch and somebody was seen praying for him before the shooting started.

The DSS operative, who was allegedly detained, was seen in a vehicle being interrogated by some youths.

He gave his name as Seun Olayinka and he initially said he went to the rally as a participant.

He, however, confessed that he is an official of the DSS and that he went there to know the number plate of a particular vehicle.

Meanwhile, Yoruba Youth Socio-Cultural Association Worldwide has advised Yoruba agitators against violence.

The National President of YYSA, Olalekan Hammed, who gave the advice in a statement on Sunday said they should not allow what was happening in the South-East to creep to the South-West.

The statement read: “It is our inalienable right to agitate for whatever we believe can ease our physical, mental and emotional suffering.

“We cannot mock, fight or condemn Yoruba nation agitators if they continue to be peaceful in their conducts.

“We are less concerned whether or not rain dispersed them on Saturday, it is God that decides when it rains.

“Besides, the Yoruba nation agitators must always be conscious of their actions. What is happening in the east should not be allowed to be replicated in Yorubaland.

“Many police stations have been set ablazed and officers were killed in the Southeast.

“We will welcome any form of destruction or killing either by external or internal forces with stiff resistance. Yoruba land is not home of senseless agitators.”