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The Federal Government has described media reports on the petition by Yoruba nation agitator, Mr Sunday Adeyemo, also known as “Sunday Igboho”, urging the United Kingdom to consider the Yoruba nation as overblown and misleading.
Ambassador Eche Abu-Obe, the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, clarified that the petition was neither endorsed by any UK agency nor parliament.
“During the meeting, the High Commissioner noted with concern that the matter was overblown, indicating that the media reports were highly misleading.
“Furthermore, the High Commissioner informed that he was aware of the letter being delivered but added that it was merely an established practice of allowing the delivery of letters and petitions to No. 10.
“It was not endorsed by any agency of the UK government nor the UK Parliamentary Petitions Committee.
“The UK government typically does not concern itself with petitions concerning the sovereign affairs of another country.”
Igboho was reported to have submitted a petition to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, to consider the creation of a Yoruba nation.
