The operatives of the Osun State Police Command has arrested three Yoruba Nation agitators for displaying their flags in the market of Ikire in Irewole Local Government Area of the state.

The suspects, Fagbuyi Oluwafemi, Joy Faseyeku and Alabede Janet, were arrested on August 27, 2024 around 2pm at Obada Market, Ikire.

A statement by the Osun Police Acting spokesman, Emmanuel Giwa-Alade, stated that Fagbuyi Oluwafemi, 61, a native of AKure, Ondo State in Obada Market, Ikire was addressing marketers to embrace and support the Yoruba Nation when he was arrested alongside others.

“He also urged traders in the market to denounce their allegiance to Nigeria, claiming that Nigeria ended in 2014 after 100 years of amalgamation.

“He displayed the Yoruba Nation’s flag in the process. The case was transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department after preliminary investigation.Through diligent investigation, Joy Faseyiku, 63, and Alabede Janet, 64, were arrested in Osogbo and Ikire town in connection with the crime.”

Also arrested were five members of an armed robbery gang who allegedly robbed some residents of Adeeke in Iwo town, Iwo Local Government Area.

Its Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, Giwa-Alade Emmanuel, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), said this during a parade of some arrested suspects at the police headquarters in Osogbo.

Emmanuel explained that suspected armed robbers attacked residents in Iwo on August 14 about 9:30 p.m., dispossessing them of two mobile phones, N20,000, ATM cards and an army ID card.