Ilana Omo Oodua, a leading Yoruba self-determination party, claims that gunmen attacked the residence of Emeritus Professor Banji Akintoye’s son.
The gunmen also allegedly assaulted the daughter-in-law of the group’s leader, Akintoye, at her home in Agbor, Delta State, on Saturday night, according to the group.
On Saturday, the group’s spokesman, Maxwell Adeleye, issued a statement titled, “Daughter-in-law avoids assassination as gunmen exterminate Akintoye’s son’s home, fish tank.”
The party, on the other hand, declined to reveal the identities of those who were harmed, saying that it was for security purposes.
As of the time of filing this article, attempts to contact the Delta State Police Command about the attack were unsuccessful.
The party, on the other hand, provided our correspondent with photos and videos of the incident.
“The house of the scion of the Akintoye dynasty was burnt down during the week with properties worth an estimated N70m, including a multi-million naira fish pond, exterminating adult fish which filled the fish farm to the brim,” part of the statement read.
Gunmen were also allegedly following some relatives of Akintoye, a second republic senator, in an attempt to scare him out of the fight for Yoruba self-determination, according to the self-determination party.
The statement read in part, “It started some weeks ago, but we ignored the threat in order not to cause tension and panic in a territory already enveloped by tension but we are forced to speak out now because these satanic agents have intensified their efforts.
“To say it very succinctly because we won’t be going into details and we won’t be mentioning names for security reasons, the wife of the son of our leader was attacked in her residence at Agbor, Delta State a week ago.
“She escaped being assassinated because of the vigilance of her neighbours who raised an alarm. Three guns were pointed at her, as the men of the underworld queried her for information on the Yoruba struggle for liberation. She was traumatised, harassed, and intimidated but the courageous woman refused to buckle.
“As if that was not enough, these agents of the state returned to the property three days later and exterminated everything therein. They first poisoned the fish in the pond inside the massive compound before burning down everything on sigh