Category: Security

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu has ordered the arrest of Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, over the quit notice he issued to herdsmen.

BBC Hausa quoted Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, as confirming the arrest order during its programme on Friday.

Shehu reportedly stated that the IGP informed him of his directive to the Oyo State Police Commissioner, Ngozi Onadeko, to arrest Igboho and transfer him to Abuja.

Recall that Igboho had asked herdsmen in Igangan in Ibarapa north local government area of Oyo to leave within seven days following reports of the killing of some Oyo citizens.

The quit notice generated tension in parts of the state.

This development led Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, to ask the IGP to arrest those fomenting trouble under the guise of protecting the interest of Yoruba people.x

Popular Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a Sunday Igboho addresses a crowd at Ibarapa in Oyo state at the expiration of his ultimatum for Fulani herdsmen to leave.

The activist who accused the herdsmen of being behind criminal activities in the area, also alleged that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has brought nothing good for the South-West except social vices .

He said;

“The Fulani have gone, we have sent them out of our land and they cannot come back again. Kidnappers cannot rule over us, they can’t take over our land from us. It belongs to us; they should stop threatening.

“Those who live with us peacefully; we are not fighting them but how will a visitor claim one’s house from him. If you live with us in peace, we have no problem with you but if you decide to kidnap and kill us, we don’t want you here. I assure Yoruba people, particularly those in Oyo State, that there is no danger.

“This one we have started here in Oyo State will not end here. We are going to other parts of the South-West. Tell Fulani herdsmen in Ekiti State, Ondo State and Osun States; in fact, in all South-West states that they should get ready for us because we are coming.”