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Sunday Adeniyi Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho (10 October 1972,

Igboho Oyo Igboho is a large town in Oyo State, Nigeria. It is the headquarters of the Orelope Local Government Area. It has an estimated population of 200,000. The town has a post office and a radio station. History Igboho was founded by Alaafin Eg ...

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) is a Nigerian

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and

philanthropist Philanthropy is a form of altruism that consists of "private initiatives, for the Public good (economics), public good, focusing on quality of life". Philanthropy contrasts with business initiatives, which are private initiatives for private goo ...

. Nicknamed after his hometown, he rose to fame following his role in the

Modakeke Modakeke is a town in Osun State, South West Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is si ...

-Ife communal crisis in 1997, where he played an active part. He is the chairman of Adeson International Business Concept Ltd. His chieftaincy title, Akoni Oodua of Yorubaland, has become famous in recent years. He gained social media attention in January 2021 when he gave an ultimatum to

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to vacate the land after the killing of Dr. Aborode and enforced same. He is currently agitating for the freedom of the

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Life

Sunday Igboho was born in

, an old Oyo town, of

Oke ogun The Òǹkò, otherwise known as Òkè Ògùn people are a Yoruba people group inhabiting the areas drained by the upper Ogun river in Northwestern Oyo state in Nigeria. They were historically a part of the once expansive Oyo empire, but are distin ...

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. His father relocated the family to

in Osun state, where he grew up. He started off as a motorcycle repairer and then ventured into automobiles where he sells cars and was able to start his current Adeson business. He gained international attention after the part he played in the Modakeke/Ife war between 1997 and 1998, where he was a defendant of Modakeke people. And thereafter relocated to Ibadan where he met former Oyo state Governor,

Lam Adesina Lamidi Ona-Olapo Adesina (20 January 1939 – 11 November 2012) was a Nigerian politician and educator who became governor of Oyo State in Nigeria on 29 May 1999 after winning the 1999 Oyo State gubernatorial election as a member of the Allianc ...

through a courageous step while trying to defend the rights of the people at a fuel station. He also went on to work with former Governor,

Rasheed Ladoja Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja (born 25 September 1944) is a Nigerian businessman who became governor of Oyo State in Nigeria on 29 May 2003 as a member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP). He was impeached in January 2006, but reinstated in Decembe ...

and became one of his most trusted aides. As the Akoni Oodua of

Yorubaland Yorubaland () is the homeland and cultural region of the Yoruba people in West Africa. It spans the modern-day countries of Nigeria, Togo and Benin, and covers a total land area of 142,114 km2 or about 60% of the land area of Ghana. Of this ...

, he is known for fighting for the rights of the Yorubas and advocating for the Oduduwa republic.

Personal life

Igboho is a Christian. He's married with two wives and has children including three professional footballers playing in Germany.

References

1972 births Living people Nigerian activists Yoruba activists {{Nigeria-bio-stub