Igangan indigenes beg Tinubu to remove Igboho from ‘wanted’ list

Indigenes and residents of Igangan Community in Ibarapa area of Oyo state have appealed to President Bola Tinubu to remove the wanted tag placed on Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho.

The immediate past minister of justice, Abubakar Malami, had placed Igboho on wanted list after he managed to escape during a raid on his house by operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS), during the administration of late President Muhammadu Buhari.

Chairman of Igangan Community Development Association, Comrade Joseph Ojewola and his Secretary, Comrade Isau Ayandele, who made the call while addressing journalists during Igboho’s visit to Igangan, said the call for removal of wanted tag on Igboho is of national interest.

The community leaders explained that Chief Adeyemo has been helpful to the troubled communities facing the security challenges from the armed bandits who had infiltrated so many parts of Yorubaland, killing, maiming and as committing several atrocities freely.

According to them, the timely intervention of Igboho has liberated several communities including Igangan where normalcy had since been restored and the people can now access their farmlands, women are no longer being raped or assaulted while the businessmen are free from cases of kidnapping.

The representatives of igangan indigenes said: “Chief Sunday Adeyemo has singlehandedly liberated several communities which had been under the siege of killer herders in the past through his commitment to the campaign against the robbery, killing, and kidnapping of Yoruba sons and daughters, among others.

“Despite this noble and selfless intervention, he had faced several consequences which include the invasion of his Ibadan residence by the operatives of the DSS, where some lives were lost and his eventual exile in the neighboring Benin Republic where he was put in custody for several months.

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“Also, the wanted tag was placed on him while his bank accounts were frozen indefinitely, whereas no tangible crime or allegation has been leveled against him.

“In the face of the adversaries, several courts of competent jurisdiction had made pronouncements on the case in favour of Chief Sunday Adeyemo alias Igboho yet he has not been set free or the toga of wanted tag placed on him removed

“On this note, we are passionately appealing to our father, President Bola Tinubu, to grant our wish of lifting every embargo placed on the messiah of the masses, especially the hapless and helpless poor who he had liberated from their monstrous tormentors and killers.