Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho has broken silence from the prison facility in Cotonou, Benin Republic.
Igboho said though he is known for his secessionist agitation, he is not at war with President Muhammadu Buhari or any Governor in the federation.
The Yoruba Nation campaigner who was arrested on July 19 at an airport in Benin Republic expressed his disappointment at Buhari’s administration for failing to address the security challenges bedevilling South West region of the country.
According to him, his activism is aimed at helping the helpless citizens who can no longer perform their daily duties because of the current state of security in the country.
Igboho made this known in a 2022 New Year Message, signed by one of the activist’s lawyers in Nigeria, Mr Pelumi Olajengbesi.
He noted that everyone living in the country deserves to be protected regardless of their tribe, religion or political leanings.
The message reads, “Let it be abundantly clear that I am not at war with President Buhari, the Governors or anybody in government.
“What I want the government to do is to address the genesis of my agitation for a Yoruba Nation.
“The genesis is the insecurity in Ibarapaland and other places in the entire Yorubaland where farmers were maimed, hacked to death, kidnapped and raped as if there are no security agents in the country. Everybody deserves to be protected and feel safe in their country regardless of their tribe, religion or political leanings.
“At some points our people became helpless and they can no longer go to their farmlands again. Scores of farmers were butchered to death in 2021 and the government pretends that all is okay. No, this must not continue and this was why I rose to stop the menace. I didn’t speak up to fight government, I spoke to ensure protection for our people.
“My message is that in 2022, the government should rise up and put an end to the havoc caused by herdsmen that are criminals and give everyone a sense of belonging – whether foreign or locals — and stop the attack of our people in Yorubaland.
“I am not selfish about myself, I am more concerned about helpless citizens who buried their loved ones to aimless killings in 2021 and I pray the Almighty God would stop the killings of innocent people in Nigeria.”
Recall Igboho was arrested in Cotonou, on July 19, 2021, while trying to catch a flight to Germany with his wife, Ropo. His arrest came after some operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) raided his house located in Soka area Ibadan, Oyo state. He has since been remanded in a prison facility in Cotonou as his trial at the Cour De’appal continues to stall.
