{"id":39827,"date":"2021-02-04T11:24:48","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T11:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=39827"},"modified":"2021-02-04T11:24:55","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T11:24:55","slug":"sunday-igboho-apologises-to-ooni-over-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=39827","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Igboho apologises to Ooni over comments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Sunday-Igboho-1.jpg\" alt=\"We\u2019ll rather die than allow herdsmen takeover our land, Igboho says amid threat of arrest\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Sunday Igboho, has apologised to the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi over comments he made during a virtual town hall meeting with Yoruba in Diaspora.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ripples Nigeria reported that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/police-miyetti-allah-disagree-over-role-of-sunday-igboho-in-attack-on-home-of-sarkin-fulani-in-ogun\/\">Igboho<\/a>, who has been in the forefront of efforts at dislodging criminal elements amongst herdsmen from the Ibarapa area of Oyo State, during the meeting said that the Ooni, along with other Yoruba leaders have failed in speaking truth to power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Igboho, in another video, apologised to the revered traditional ruler, saying he didn\u2019t mean to disrespect him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said: \u201cI apologise if it is perceived as a disrespect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI apologise to Yorubas at large, I have spoken with the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/ooni-of-ife-warns-sunday-igboho-over-fight-against-herdsmen\/\">Ooni<\/a>&nbsp;and I am not fit to disrespect his royal majesty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOn kidnapping and invasion of the Yorubaland, we must all stand up to it. We must prove that we have gallant and patriotic people in the southwest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere are many powerful people, more powerful than I am in Lagos, Ibadan, Osun and other areas, we cannot afford to fold our arms and put the Yoruba nation into shame.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On what led to the disparaging comments on the Ooni, Igboho said: \u201cWhen the Ooni visited President Muhammadu Buhari, some said he went to receive money on my behalf and that is a blatant lie, I didn\u2019t receive money from anybody, I am not working for any politician, it is for the love of the Yoruba nation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Sunday Igboho, has apologised to the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi over comments he made during a virtual town hall meeting with Yoruba in Diaspora. Ripples Nigeria reported that&nbsp;Igboho, who has been in the forefront of efforts at dislodging criminal elements amongst herdsmen from the Ibarapa area [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sunday Igboho apologises to Ooni over comments &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=39827\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Odofin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=39827#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Traditional\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=23\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Sunday Igboho apologises to Ooni over comments\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sunday Igboho apologises to Ooni over comments &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=39827","author":"Odofin","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=39827#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Traditional","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=23"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Sunday Igboho apologises to Ooni over comments"}]}]}},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Odofin","author_link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?author=2"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=23\" rel=\"category\">Traditional<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Sunday Igboho, has apologised to the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi over comments he made during a virtual town hall meeting with Yoruba in Diaspora. 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