Sunday Igboho reacts to Fulani Group’s statement, says advocacy not against any ethnic nationality
By KEMI KASUMU
It, however, added that those calling on government to caution Igboho should instead support stronger security measures aimed at dismantling criminal networks and ensuring justice for victims of kidnapping and other violent crimes.
Yoruba ethnic fighter, Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho, has denied allegation that he was against non-Yoruba, saying that his advocacy for effective security of the South West is not targeted at any ethnic nationality but rather against criminal elements, who are perpetrating abduction, killings, banditry, and other vices.
Apparently reacting to a statement by the Concerned Fulani People of Nigeria (CFPN), urging President Bola Tinubu and the Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, to call him to order, Igboho described the development as “baseless, misplaced priority and distortion of facts over insecurity ravaging some communities in Yorubaland.”
Igboho in a statement by his spokesperson, Olayomi Koiki, contended that Nigerians irrespective of religious, political and ethnic divides should collaborate with the government and relevant security agencies to rid the nation of criminalities.
“It is absolutely wrong and misleading to portray our reaction to security breaches in South West as ethnic profiling when the rights to life, freedom, and economic livelihoods of our people are being threatened by mindless hoodlums who are obsessed with gruesome killings and kidnapping of innocent people in rural communities.
“I want specifically commend the noble efforts of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Tunji Disu, the Director-General of the Department of State Service (DSS) and heads of other security agencies for their sustained onslaught against criminals in the South West and other parts of the nation.
“While we would not hesitate to collaborate with security agencies in order to strengthen peace and safety of our communities in the South West, the collective task of ensuring a secured environment in our society should not be left to the government and stakeholders in the security sector,” the statement stressed.
It, however, added that those calling on government to caution Igboho should instead support stronger security measures aimed at dismantling criminal networks and ensuring justice for victims of kidnapping and other violent crimes.
