Adeyinka Grandson, president of the secessionist group Young Yorubas for Freedom (YYF), has been jailed for four and half years by a United Kingdom court for inciting violence against other Nigerian tribes via social media.
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Grandson, a UK-based Nigerian, is known for using his social media accounts to call for attacks on Igbo people and to criticise the Hausa-Fulani.
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On several counts he had issued \”quit notices\” to the Igbo people living in Yoruba land and threatened dire consequences if they don\’t leave.
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He was first arrested by the Scotland Yard Counter Terrorism Command, and the Metropolitan Police under the approval of the Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London in August 2020.
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Scotland Yard Counter Terrorism Command accused him of \”stirring racial discrimination\” against the Igbo and Fulani ethnic groups and also \”encouraging terrorism\”.
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Grandson is also known for making anti-Igbo and anti-Fulani speeches on his YouTube channel for which the UK authorities have consistently warned him before he was later arrested.
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Following his arrest, the Scotland Yard Counter Terrorism Command grilled him for 9 hours, and his house was searched by the London Metropolitan Police following a warrant granted by the Westminster Magistrates’ Court.
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Grandson was found guilty on November 30, 2021, of eight counts of inciting racial hatred after a trial at Southwark Crown Court.
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He was on Thursday, March 31st, 2022 sentenced to four-and-a-half years’ imprisonment.