The Federal Government has said the petition by Yoruba nation agitator, Mr Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as “Sunday Igboho”, calling on the United Kingdom to consider the Yoruba nation was not endorsed by the UK government.
The spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Eche Abu-Obe, in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, said media reports on the petition “were highly misleading.
”He explained that “Following media reports on the petition submitted at No.
“During the meeting, the High Commissioner noted with concern that the matter was overblown, indicating that the media reports were highly misleading.
“It was not endorsed by any agency of the UK government nor the UK Parliamentary Petitions Committee.
He stated that Igboho submitted the petition on behalf of the leader of the Yoruba Nation movement, Prof.
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