Nigeria, May 16 -- A self-styled Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, on Saturday, threatened to disrupt the 2023 general elections in Southwest states of Nigeria.

Mr Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, spoke in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, during a Yoruba Nation rally, where participants called for a break away from the country.

He claimed that many Southwest governors are interested in breaking away but are scared that their monthly allocation could be denied if they declare open support for an independent Yoruba nation.

"I can't be cowed or intimidated. They said I would be arrested. Who would dare do that? We are no longer part of Nigeria. We won't have anything to do with them again," he said.

"There is no election again in...