Afenifere Backs Igboho, Warns Against Politicising Fight Against Terroris
The pan-yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere backs Sunday igboho, warns against politicising fight terrorism in Yoruba.
The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has firmly defended Yoruba self-determination advocate, Mr Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, over his recent actions against kidnappers and criminal elements operating in parts of Yorubaland, insisting that the overriding priority must be the safety and security of citizens.
The organisation also used the opportunity to commend President Bola Tinubu for transmitting the executive bill on the establishment of state police to the National Assembly, while urging federal and state lawmakers, as well as governors, to expedite action on the legislation in the national interest.
In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Jare Ajayi, Afenifere cautioned individuals and groups threatening Igboho over his campaign against kidnapping, banditry and terrorism in the South-West, stressing that his actions were directed at criminals and not at any ethnic group.
According to the organisation, Igboho “is not threatening any particular ethnic group but individuals and groups who are engaged in terror acts in Yorubaland.“
The statement followed recent incidents of abduction along the Igboho-Igbeti-Kisi axis of Oke-Ogun in Oyo State. In response to the worsening security situation, Sunday Igboho travelled to his hometown of Igboho last weekend, where he issued a two-hour ultimatum demanding the release of a pregnant woman and two other kidnap victims, warning that kidnappers would face serious consequences should they fail to comply.
Igboho also warned Fulani individuals involved in criminal activities such as kidnapping to desist immediately.
At the same time, he cautioned any indigenous resident of Igboho or Yorubaland found aiding or collaborating with kidnappers and criminal gangs. He reassured law-abiding non-indigenes residing peacefully within the area that they had nothing to fear.
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