The Federal Government on Tuesday said the appeal by Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as “Sunday Igboho”, calling on the United Kingdom (UK) to consider the Yoruba nation was not supported by the UK government.
The spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Eche Abu-Obe, in a statement portrayed media reports regarding the request as “highly misleading.”
“Following media reports on the appeal submitted at No. 10 Downing Street by Mr. Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho, the British High Commissioner in Abuja was invited to reveal insight into the issue,” he said.
“During the meeting, the High Commissioner noted with worry that the matter was exaggerated, showing that the media reports were exceptionally deceptive.”
“Besides, the High Commissioner informed that he knew about the letter being conveyed, however added that it was only a laid out training of permitting the conveyance 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 regularly doesn’t fret about petitions concerning the sovereign undertakings of another country.”
Abu-Obe also noted that the High Commissioner explained such petitions had been dismissed by the UK Parliamentary Petitions Committee and the UK Government before.
As far as he might be concerned, the British envoy consented to keep liaising with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as needed, while emphasizing the significance of the bilateral relations between the United Kingdom and Nigeria.
