Nigeria, May 1 -- The police in Ogun State have reportedly arrested Yoruba nation agitators at the rally which held in Abeokuta on Saturday.

The agitators who are members of a pro - Yoruba nation group, Ilana Omo Oodua, stormed the streets to demand a call for a break away from Nigeria.

The rally held despite the police issuing a warning against it.

The spokesperson of police in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, had in a statement on Friday said people "are being sponsored by certain individuals outside the State and the country to destabilise Ogun State."

He said the police would not allow some citizens "hold others to the ransom and threaten the corporate existence of the country.

"The Command, therefore, wishes to appeal to the leaders...