Yoruba nation activist Chief Sunday Adeyemo, also called “Sunday Igboho,” claimed to still be on the Federal Government’s wanted list.
He was responding to a remark made by Hajia Naja’atu Mohammed, the former director of President Bola Tinubu’s Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), that Igboho people enjoy freedom of movement even though they are on the Federal Government’s wanted list.
While calling Naja’atu’s accusation baseless and absurd, Igboho advised her to refrain from using his name in propaganda or a campaign of defamation against the Tinubu administration.
Naja’atu had reportedly raised concerns over what she described as a disparity in the Federal Government’s treatment of separatist figures, questioning why there had been silence regarding the secessionist activities of Sunday Igboho, while Nnamdi Kanu remained in prolonged detention.
She also accused Tinubu of sidelining the North in the governance after exploring the region’s electoral value to attain power during 2023 general election.
A statement by Igboho said Naja’atu’s claim about his freedom aptly shows her ignorance and myopic mindset, saying “I’m still on the wanted list of Federal Government despite the Presidency headed by President Bola Tinubu.”
The statement reads: “Currently I’m using my German passport to travel in Europe and other continents and cannot enter the shores of Nigeria, having been declared wanted by security agencies under the leadership of former despotic President Muhammadu Buhari, who handed over a comatose economy to the present government.
“The order declaring me wanted still remain subsisting under the present government.
“What was my offence? Because I voiced my objection to the incessant killings of farmers, maiming and sexual violation of women perpetrated by Fulani herders against South West communities, most especially in agrarian settlements during the inglorious regime of immediate past President Buhari.
“It is on record that on July 1, 2021, a combined team of heavily armed personnel from the Department of State Security (DSS) and the Nigerian Army invaded my residence in Ibadan, with the intent to either arrest or assassinate me. At the end of the vicious attack, which lasted for hours, two of my people were shot dead while 13 others were arrested.
“Since Nigeria attained independence and advent of democratic rule, out of 16 presidents who governed the nation, only two are from the Yoruba ethnic group-former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the incumbent President Bola Tinubu.
“Where was Hajia Naja’atu Mohammed when Boko Haram terrorists and herders were wreaking havoc on Nigerians in the North and South West through mindless killings during administration of ex-President Muhammadu Buhari? During this period, an Islamic cleric, Sheik Abubakar Gumi, who was the negotiator between the Federal Government and terrorist groups made millions of dollars.
“It’s because Tinubu’s government has resolved to tackle insurgency headlong rather than employing the service of the likes of Gumi that prompted spurious claims and mischievous propaganda by this woman. But she should desist from bringing my name into her diatribe.”
