Recently released Yoruba nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, fondly called Sunday Igboho, has given suspected herders killing farmers in the Southwest a seven-day ultimatum to vacate the region.
The freedom fighter, however, also assured that the region would not take laws into its own hands against the herders.
A statement by Igboho reads partly: ‘While we believe in peaceful coexistence in Nigeria regardless of tribe, religion and political cleavages, we are issuing a seven-day ultimatum to herdsmen killing our people in any part of South West to vacate our communities now.
‘This warning is very important. We are not going to take laws into our hands, but they must leave.
‘For now, we have belief in the capability of the federal government under the leadership of President Bola Tinubu to ensure and guarantee the safety of lives and properties, particularly for farmers in Nigeria.’
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He went on to add that; ‘We must not tolerate any act that can further push up the prices of food and other edible commodities.
‘We are also appealing to Oyo and Ogun State governors to as a matter of urgency, deploy more security agents and architectures to all the flashpoints where there is an increase in herdsmen/farmers clashes for peace to reign.
‘Nigerians and our farmers in agrarian settlements need more security presence now so that they can engage in small or large-scale farming activities for massive food production. These killings must stop now for the benefit of all.’
Recall that Igboho, had earlier hailed Yoruba leaders and some traditional rulers, including former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Afenifere leader, Pa Ayo Adebanjo; Professor Banji Akintoye, Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, and others, over their respective roles in securing his release from Benin Republic.
Igboho was apprehended on Monday, July 19, 2021, at the Cadjèhoun Airport in Cotonou, Republic of Benin, by the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) while he was on his way to Germany.
His departure from Nigeria followed a raid on his Soka residence in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, by the Department of State Services, which had accused him of stockpiling weapons.