By Yoruba rights activist Chief Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho has said he can fight against Boko Haram effortlessly without the support of the government.
In a video interview released in 2020, Igboho had made this declaration.
“That which I will use in the fight against Boko Haram, I have it already,” he said.
The video resurfaced following the call to the Federal Government by the former Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, saying Igboho should be invited to help drive Boko Haram terrorists out of the Sambisa forest.
“Invite Sunday to help drive away BH (Boko Haram) from Sambisa,” Sani tweeted.
Igboho has been in the news for a couple of weeks for his clampdown on killer Fulani herdsmen in the South-West accusing them of crimes such as kidnapping, and killings.
He had issued a vacation order to herdsmen in the Ibarapa area of Oyo State. Recently, he visited a community in Ogun State for the same purpose.
In the 2020 interview, Igboho had expressed fears over the effectiveness of the Western Nigeria Security Network (Amotekun) because of government control.
“These herders we are fighting against, they are not after money, they only get orders from their leaders. Yoruba freedom fighters should not be kept under Governors, these governors will turn the fight against insecurity to business.”
The activist also decried the lack of unity among Governors in the South-West states due to political differences, adding that the overwhelming power of the Federal Government controlled by a Fulani man is another source of worry.
“Oyo State governor is of the Peoples Democratic Party, Osun, Ekiti, Ondo, and Lagos state governors are all of the All Progressives Congress and you want our own PDP governor here to support them, how will there be unity?
“And all the powers in this country belong to someone who is a Hausa-Fulani man. They established Amotekun and put it under a governor, the same governor that will request money from the federal authority.
“Yoruba youths only if we can be willing to fight. I am not asking for anything from anybody, what I will use in the fight against Boko Haram, I have it.
“I don’t need it from a governor because a governor will try to make money from it. He will claim he has spent a certain amount on Amotekun and makes a profit from it. This will not result in something good.
“When they wanted to start Oodua Peoples Congress, was it under any governor? Why is Amotekun meant to fight insecurity in the South-West, under the police?
“That’s rubbish; these people are not ready to fight for the Yorubas, they are simply looking for what to take from who,” he said.
