Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association has joined the call to demand that Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemi popularly called Sunday Igboho be arrested.
This was made known by the chairman of the Oyo State chapter of the association, Ibrahim Jiji, in a press briefing in Ibadan stating that Fulanis are not criminals.
‘We are all Nigerians. We appreciate and love the governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde for saying the truth. We need to join hands together to ensure we have a peaceful society. Our people are not happy and many of them are living in fear. Some had fled their homes.
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‘We want justice for Seriki Fulani. All those that perpetrated the evil must face the wrath of the law. They are not powerful than the government. Who is Sunday Igboho and why is he more powerful than the government?
‘I have said time without number that we have criminals among all the tribes and not peculiar to Fulani. Those who are suffering the injustice now are not the criminals they are hunting for. These are good people and not criminals. The government should do the needful to ensure peace returns to the Ibarapa axis.’
The Yoruba activist on Friday surfaced at Igangan, Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State Friday, insisting that Fulani herdsmen must leave the area after the expiration of a seven-day ultimatum he gave them.
This has led to so many controversies and call for his arrest.
Meanwhile, Friday’s attack on Sarkin Fulani, Alhaji Salihu AbdulKadir, and his family which led to the burning of his houses and the killing of his livestock has been condemned by Some elders in the South West.
The elders, on Saturday in a statement also condemned those they called criminals led by a secessionist, Sunday Adeyemo.
The elders under the aegis of Coalition of Oduduwa Elders (COE), decried the ugly event while saying that the development was inimical to the unity of the country which they stand for.
The statement signed by their National Coordinator, Dr. Tunde Aremu, and National Secretary, Barrister Folake Ajasin, respectively, the elders said the action does not represent the Yoruba people.
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