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Yoruba Nation: UK government rejects Sunday Igboho’s petition
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (UK), Keir Starmer has rejected Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho’s petition seeking to create a Yoruba Nation,Topnaija.ng reports.
Recall that Olayomi Koiki, the spokesman for Sunday Igboho had via his official X account confirmed that Sunday Igboho submitted a petition to the Prime Minister.
The petition is seeking the immediate intervention of the UK Prime Minister and his government in their agitation to set up a country that will be predominantly owned by indigenous Yoruba people.
However in a statement signed by Amb, Eche Abu-Obe, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the petition was not endorsed.
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Yoruba Nation: UK government reject Sunday Igboho’s petition
The statement reads: “Following media reports on the petition submitted at 10 Downing Street by Mr. Sunday Adeniyi Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, The British High Commissioner in Abuja was invited to shed light on the issue.
“During the parlay, the High Commissioner noted the concern that the matter had generated, indicating that the press reports were highly misleading.
“Furthermore, the High Commissioner informed 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 or the UK Parliamentary Petitions Committee.
“The High Commissioner noted that the UK government typically does not concern itself with petitions concerning the sovereign affairs of another country.
“He informed that such petitions had been rejected by the UK Parliamentary Petitions Committee and the UK Government in the past.
“In this regard, He agreed to continue liaising with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as needed, while reiterating the importance of the bilateral relations between the United Kingdom and the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
