Seriki Fulani of Igangan in the Ibarapa North-West Local Council Development Area of Oyo State, Abdulkadir Saliu, who was ejected from the town by Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, on January 22, last year says he does not support the calls for the release of embattled activist.
Igboho, who has been in a prison in the Benin Republic for over six months, had stormed Igangan in January 2021 and warned the herders said to be perpetrating crimes in the town to desist from the alleged acts. He had subsequently issued an ultimatum for Saliu and his men to vacate the town.
“I lost my younger brother in the process. We lost several of my kinsmen. You cannot even count the number of cows that were rustled. It was a sad moment for me. I lost everything I laboured for all my life and life has been extremely hard since last year when Sunday Igboho stormed my settlement,” Daily Trust quoted him as saying.
The evicted Sarkin Fulani had relocated to Ilorin since the incident said his only consolation was the fact that he was not killed on the day he was displaced from the agrarian community.
Speaking on the January 22, 2021 incident, he said anytime he remembers the day, he always bursts into tears even as he maintained his innocence over the incidents of kidnapping and killings in the community.
“It is on record that only three Yoruba persons were kidnapped in Igangan since the problem started; others were Fulani.
Speaking on the earlier quit notice issued by Igboho prior to his eviction, Sarki explained that he did not handle the eviction notice with levity and he got assurance from the state government after the quit notice but he was surprised that Igboho carried out his threat without anybody challenging him.
