Five Arrested As Suspected Yoruba Nation Agitators ‘Invade’ Ibadan Federal Government Radio Station

Five suspected Yoruba Nation agitators have been arrested by security forces following the invasion of a Federal Government radio station in Ibadan at the early hours of Sunday.

The agitators numbering about twenty we gathered hijacked Radio Nigeria, Amuludun FM, Moniya, Ibadan, Oyo.

According to a statement by station, the suspected Yoruba Nation agitators numbering about twenty in numbers were said to have stormed the station with loads of charms at about 5:30am and seized the live studio while a sponsored programme was ongoing.

The agitators took over the live studio and entire premises of the station and started broadcasting.

Among their claims was included “Oodua Nation has come to stay” “Yoruba no more under Federal Republic of Nigeria” “United Nation will soon declare Oodua Nation” among others things.

The Yoruba Nation agitators took over the broadcast for about an hour before the arrival of combined teams of the police, Operation Burst and Nigerian Army.

Meanwhile, the security teams were able to recover the station after five persons were arrested and taken to the eleyele headquarters for interrogation.

The General manager of the station, Mr. Stephen Agbaje, confirmed the development to newsmen but stressed that the situation has been brought under control by the security agencies while the station is back on air.

At the time of filling this report, normalcy has returned to the station with the presence of DSS, police and other security operatives.

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