Anti-Yoruba nation group postpones Lagos rally amid heavy security

The planned anti-secession rally scheduled for Friday Yoruba Appraisal Forum has been postponed.
The postponed YAF rally was announced after Yoruba nation agitators led by Odua Republic held a botched rally at the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park on July 3, 2021 despite repeated warnings by the police.
Ahead of the YAF rally, many police vehicles, including armoured tanks and water cannons, have been positioned around the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park in Ojota, Lagos.
The roadblocks mounted at the section leading to the park resulted in gridlock on the Ojota route and surrounding areas.
Security operatives, including the Rapid Response Squad, Task Force and Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Corps maintained presence around the park.
Lagos Police Command had warned the forum against holding any rally in the State.
Lagos Police spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement, cited security concerns and third wave of COVID-19 for the action.
Organisers of the planned YAF rally said it was postponed after police intervention and the needs to curb COVID-19 spread especially with the new variant and threat of third wave.
YAF national coordinator, Chief Adesina Animashaun, said, “I met with the CP on Thursday afternoon and the reasons he gave for us to postpone the really are ideal.
“The CP also asked me to sign an undertaking to call off the rally, walk to forestall gridlock, new wave of COVID-19, among others, which I did.
“As a law-abiding citizen, I realised that the reasons given by the CP are ideal.
“However, our sensitisation about the need for one Nigeria is not something we push under the carpet. The rally will eventually hold at a later date that we will decide.”