A Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Igboho, has revealed that
Fulanis in Igangan in Oyo boasted that only President Muhammadu Buhari can
order them out of the State.
He spoke in an interview published on Mama SOJ Vlog on
Sunday.
Igboho said the confrontation occurred at the Seriki
Fulani’s place last Friday.
Igangan is a community in Ibarapa North Local Government
Area.
The activist had gone to meet the Seriki, Saliu Kadri, to
protest the killing of Yoruba individuals in recent times.
He listed the murder of an Oyo businessman and prominent
farmer, Dr. Fatai Aborode, an Igangan prince, among others.
The aggrieved grassroots mobilizer also decried the massacre
of Alhaja Serifat Adisa, the owner of Subawah Petroleum, and her two children.
Igboho recalled that some traditional rulers asked him to
visit them over the spate of insecurity in Oyo.
“When I got there, they complained of the murders that
occurred lately. They expressed their helplessness, that the situation had
become unbearable and they wanted the Fulani out.”
Igboho disclosed that the monarchs insisted the Northerners
were behind killings and kidnappings in their domains.
“I asked about the head, they mentioned Seriki; that no one
can confront him. I said how? They replied that Seriki is so powerful that when
the police arrested his sons, he threatened a crisis within 72 hours. Of course
the police released them,” he said.
Igboho lamented that three checkpoints were mounted before
getting to the Fulani leader’s residence.
“When I got there, the Seriki called a senior Police
officer. I said no problem, he gave me the phone. Just then, one of my boys
called my attention that a Fulani man had pointed a gun at me, I approached and
dared him to shoot. We took the gun.
“Soon after, another person fired a shot. We rushed and
grabbed the pumping (pump-action shotgun). Then I went to Seriki and told him
‘These are guns’. He apologized. At that point, I insisted those who killed
Doctor (Aborode), Alhaja, etc must be fished out. His response was ‘I am
scolding the boys who did the job’. I said really?
“What amazed me was the type of vehicles in his compound.
New Camry, Venza, Range (Rover)….cars of about N15million. I wondered if it was
through N80,000 cows that he made all this money. Such funds can only be
through kidnapping.
“The Fulanis around Seriki’s compound that day were more
than 1,000. They were issuing threats. They said it was their land and asked if
we didn’t know the President is one of them. They boasted only Buhari can order
them out. I said oh, so Buhari told you to be kidnapping and killing us.
“I further stated if that is the case, you all should leave.
If you cannot produce the killers of Dr. Aborode, Alhaja, Fatai, and many
others, as well those who abducted and beheaded our people, the madman will
murder the person staring at him. If Seriki fails to come forward with the
culprits by this Friday and do not leave Igangan, we will meet.”
Asked if he is not scared that the Fulani are in control of
the federal government, Igboho said they are free to own whatever they like.
“They do not own God or Yoruba land. Buhari is not from Oyo,
the only power he has is to kill me on Oyo soil”, he declared.
Hours after the popular figure issued the ultimatum, Igangan
residents alerted that some armed Fulani herdsmen attacked four farmers on
their way back home.
Two of the victims allegedly died. The skull of one of them,
Seun, was cut open with machete. The video is circulating.
Meanwhile, the Oyo State Government has commenced
investigation on Igboho’s threat. This is amid his supporters’ warning against
his arrest.
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