Yoruba Nation: Tension As Separatists Reopen Idiroko Border, Disarm Security Agent

• The Federal Government shut down Yoruba States borders while those in the north were open – Sunday Igboho
  
  The atmosphere in Idiroko area of Ogun State on Saturday was steeped in twin note of apprehension and elation as some Yoruba nation agitators storm the town and forcefully reopen the land border there.

Idiroko is a border town between Nigeria and the Republic of Benin.

The land border has remained closed since 2019 following a directive that the Federal Government  that all importations be done through the seaports.

But, the Yoruba nation supporters bieseged the border community on Saturday and forced open all the gates at the international boundary.

In a video on social media, an Immigration officer was seen being divest of his arms.

A man in a yellow T-shirt was also seen shooting the gun into the air to the ecstasy of others at the scene.

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Different voices were heard in the video taunting and daring security operatives, they asked the soldiers and other security agents to come out and shoot.

A young man, who was accused of trying to record the incident with his mobile phone was attacked and beaten to stupor.

Reacting to the development, the spokesman of the Nigeria Customs Service Ogun 1 Area Command, Hammed Oloyede, said the situation was under control.

”There was no attack on our patrol bases or checkpoints. Those guys are just doing their own. They tried to attack one patrol point but it was repelled. The situation is under control. There is no problem.”

Meanwhile, the spokesman to Sunday Adeyemo Igboho in a video commended the actions of the agitators, saying the Federal Government shut down Yoruba States borders while those in the north were open