Following an order for the arrest of Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho by the Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu over eviction order to Fulani herdsmen resident in Oyo state, a former Minister of Aviation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode has warned President Muhammadu Buhari against arresting or killing him.
Fani-Kayode who issued out the warning on his twitter handle on Saturday warned that it would be dangerous, reckless and counter-productive for Buhari to arrest or kill Sunday Igboho reminding him that when the Northern youths demanded that Igbos should leave the north no-one was arrested.
“Why should Sunday be arrested or killed for asking killer Fulani herdsmen to leave SW?” he queried, even as he advised the Federal Government to tread softly as according to him, Sunday had the full support of the Yoruba nation because he has spoken for the people.
He said, “Kill him & you make him a martyr for Oduduwa, arrest him & you make him the greatest hero of the Yoruba since independence. Whichever way he wins.”
He noted that “The way to solve the problem is to arrest the herdsmen that kill & kidnap our people in the SW & not to arrest or kill those that are standing up & speaking for their victims. Sunday did not ask for ALL Fulanis to leave SW. He asked for the killers, terrorists & kidnappers amongst them to leave Ibarapa & the Yoruba people LOVE him for it. Is that a crime?
“As long as he maintains the peace & does not indulge in or encourage any violence, I do not see what he has done wrong? In 1999, when Gani Adams was rising up, I identified him as a young man o watch. I wrote an essay about him and I said his courage would take him far. I was proved right. Today I identify Sunday Igboho who has stood up against wickedness, injustice & apartheid in our land when other Yoruba leaders were too timid to stand. I commend his courage.”
Photo: Former Minister of Aviation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode.
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