Igboho’s Supporters Protest in Ibadan

*Afenifere condemns arrest of Igboho in Benin Republic, as Yoruba nation agitators throng Cotonou court

By Kemi Olaitan

Supporters of Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo (aka Sunday Igboho) Wednesday took to the streets of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, to protest his arrest and detention by the Beninise authorities.

Also, on Wednesday, Yoruba nation agitators gathered at a court premises in Cotonou, where Igboho was billed to appear for his extradiction hearing, to demand his release.

The protesters gathered in front of his house in the Sooka area of Ibadan from where they took to the streets, singing the Yourba Nation anthem and chanting “Igboho Oosa”, “Free Igboho now now”.

The protesters also displayed placards such as: “I stand with Chief Sunday Igboho”; “Sunday Igboho is not a criminal”; “Yoruba wake up” and “Sunday Igboho is fighting for our freedom”.

They similarly blocked some sections of the road which led to traffic snarl around Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

One of the protesters, Alhaji Yususf Ajikobi, while speaking with journalists said, ” Federal Government should release Igboho for us, he is fighting for the rights of his people, Federal Government should go and arrest the killer herdsmen that are killing and maiming innocents lives across the country.”
Meanwhile the Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has accused the Federal Government of playing double standard in making the country a better place for all.

The National Publicity Secretary of the group, Comrade Jare Ajayi, in a statement made available to THISDAY, said security agencies appear to be more active in hunting those who are peacefully agitating for the rights and better deals for their people than they appear to be in dealing with bandits and terrorists who have deprived thousands of innocent Nigerians of their lives and properties.

According to him, ‘If half of the energy deployed to apprehend Nnamdi Kanu and Sunday Igboho had been deployed to the menace of terrorists and bandits who kill, rape, rob and kidnap people, we would not have been in the unfortunate security mess that we are in presently.

“It is hoped that government will direct more attention to addressing issues that gave birth to ethnic agitations. The earlier this is done the better.”