Sunday Igboho: Yoruba leaders have warned Buhari not to arrest me

Sunday Adeyemo, youth leader better known as Sunday Igboho, says President Muhammadu Buhari has been warned not to order his arrest.

Igboho has been in the news in the past weeks after he issued a seven-day eviction ultimatum to Fulani herders in Igangan, Ibarapa north local government area of Oyo state.

His statement reportedly incited some of his supporters to destroy houses and cars, including those of Saliu Kadri, the Seriki Fulani of Igangan.

Last Saturday, Mohammed Adamu, inspector-general of police (IGP), directed Ngozi Onadeko, Oyo commissioner of police, to arrest Igboho and transfer him to Abuja.

As of the time of filing this report, Igboho was yet to be arrested.

In a recent video shared by Femi Fani-Kayode, former minister of aviation, Igboho, while addressing a crowd, said Yoruba leaders are not pleased with the killing of their people by herdsmen.

He said the leaders have voiced their concerns and have backed him, adding that it would be a declaration of war if he was arrested.

“All our fathers, we thank them, including the Aare Onakakanfo. They have all spoken up. Now that we are here, I beg you in the name of God, I don’t want us to disrespect any of our Yoruba leaders,” Igboho said in Yoruba.

“You people are just unaware… I swear by God, they are also not happy with what is going on but now they speaking up and won’t condone what is going on.

“Look at all the Yoruba leaders that have spoken up; the way Yorubas are warning them, that Buhari dares not. That now, it is war, if they dare arrest Igboho, it will turn to war.

“See the way Fani-Kayode has spoken up and he is not joking with what he is saying. They are killing us, kidnapping us, treating us badly in our father land.”

Chief Sunday Igboho, the man of the moment! God bless and be with you aburo! 💪💪💪🙏🙏🙏💣💣💣 pic.twitter.com/nYrL4RPUG6

— Femi Fani-Kayode (@realFFK) January 24, 2021