Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has threatened to reveal the identities of politicians he claimed were behind the abduction of pupils and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State.
Igboho made the allegation while addressing newly elected executives of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), led by Akinteye Bàbàtunde, at his residence in the Soka area of Ibadan on Wednesday.
In a video that has since gone viral, the activist said he volunteered to join efforts to rescue the abductees but was prevented from doing so by the Oyo State Government.
He also denied reports that he demanded money from the administration of Governor Seyi Makinde before assisting in rescue operations.
Igboho said: “If I am permitted to burst into the hideouts, they will flee.
“They are neither gnomes nor mannequins; they are humans, so that they could be dislodged.
“I know the politicians behind them, and if they do not stop perpetrating their evil acts, I will mention them all.
“I know them.
“The politicians behind them are the ones giving them ammunition and money.”
He further linked the security situation to what he described as efforts to undermine President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
Igboho said: “The same thing they did to Jonathan is what they are doing to Tinubu.
“They want to make the country ungovernable for him.
“They even have fake news propaganda to scare the masses and divert supporters away from the President.
“Suppose the recent abduction is not a game.
“In Oyo, they made away with children. I volunteered to go, but the state government said ‘No.’”
According to him, state authorities later informed him that the kidnappers threatened to kill the victims if he attempted a rescue mission.
He said: “Later, they (Oyo government) informed me that the kidnappers said if I try to force myself to come rescue the children, they will kill them all.
“If they are serious about rescuing the victims, they should tell my boys and me to chase them out of the forests in our regions and see if those people will remain there even with their bombs and sophisticated weapons.”
The activist also claimed that despite obtaining Federal Government approval for his proposed security outfit, Iru Ekun Security Network, the Oyo State Government opposed its operations.
Igboho said: “After I arranged ‘Iru Ekun’ security network, the Federal Government permitted me, but the state government said no security must take a step behind them.
“Do we have to wait for him to flood the forests to rescue these children?
“I’m just concerned about these abductees; nobody can kidnap me, not even my family, because they are spread across Canada and Germany. Why should I fret?”
He also questioned attempts to undermine the current administration.
Igboho said: “Despite how bad Buhari’s administration is, he completed his tenure.
“Why are they trying to stop a Yoruba man — Tinubu — from completing his?
“It was Tinubu who freed me when I was in exile.
“Why should I tackle him? And why are they trying to ruin his government?”
The comments followed the May 15 attack on three schools in Oriire Local Government Area, where no fewer than 45 pupils were reportedly abducted.
The affected schools were Baptist Nursery and Primary School, Yawota; Community Grammar School, Esiele; and L.A. Primary School.
Tension has remained high in parts of Oyo State since the incident, while security agencies have reportedly surrounded possible escape routes used by the abductors after they fled into forest areas bordering Oriire communities and the Old Oyo National Park axis.
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