“I’m Not At War With You” ~ Igboho writes Buhari

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Frontline Oodua Nation activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Igboho has sent a goodwill message to Nigeria’s regime leader, Rtd. Major General Mohammadu Buhari explaining the circumstances that led to his seperatist movement.


Igboho in a message released by his lawyer said attack on his people in Ibarapa area where Fulani herdsmen wreaked havoc on the people and the Nigerian security agents could not secure the people’s lives and properties pushed him to take a measure that seemed to be on collision course with Gen. Buhari.

About 5 months ago, Chief Adeyemo was apprehended in Benin Republic in his attempt to travel to Germany.

Full Message:

“Let it be abundantly clear that I am not at war with President Buhari, State Governors or anybody in government. What I want the government to do is address the genesis of my agitation for a Yoruba Nation. The genesis is the insecurity in Ibarapaland and other places in the South-West where farmers are habitually maimed, hacked to death, kidnapped and raped as if there are no security agents in the country. Everybody deserves to be protected and ought to feel safe in their country regardless of their tribe, religion or political leaning.


 “At some point, our people became helpless and could no longer go to their farmlands again. Scores of farmers were butchered to death in 2021 and the government pretended that all was okay. No, this must not continue and this was why I rose to stop the menace. I did not speak up to fight government, I spoke up to ensure the protection of my people and land.


“In 2022, the government must rise up and put an end to the havoc caused by herdsmen that are criminals and give everyone a sense of belonging – whether foreigners or locals -- and stop the attack on my people in Yorubaland.


“I am not selfish and this has never been about me. I am more concerned about the helpless citizens who buried their loved ones to aimless killings in 2021 and I pray that the Almighty God through divine intervention stops the killings of innocent people in Nigeria in 2022 and beyond. 


“In 2022, it would indeed be to my greatest satisfaction to see my people live without fear and with the confidence that their lives matter if no place else then in their own homes, lands and farms. This is my abiding hope for my people, so help me God.”

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