Secession protest: DSS interrogates Kiriji Heritage Defenders’ leader

Abimbola Abatta Osogbo

Leader of a Yoruba socio-cultural group, Kiriji Heritage Defenders, Dr Ademola Ekundayo was on Monday interrogated by the Department of State Service, DSS, over planned protests by secessionists in Osun State.

It was gathered that the DSS invited Ekundayo due to some speculations that some Yoruba groups under the aegis of Yoruba Self-Determination group were planning secession protests following the disrupted rally by security operatives in Ibadan on April 17, 2021.

According to Ekundayo while confirming the incident said he was interrogated at the DSS headquarters in Osogbo for about four hours before he was released.

“We are not criminals or collaborating with any criminal group.

“The security men are just being proactive. We are not secessionists in Kiriji Heritage Defenders.

“The decision for the rally to hold in Osun is beyond our group. Other notable groups will take that decision when the time comes. Our major preoccupation is security across Yoruba borders.”