Yoruba Nation activist Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, has threatened to release the names of politicians involved in the abduction of students in the Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State.
The activist spoke to the new executive members of the National Association of Nigerian Students, led by Akinteye Bàbàtunde, at his residence in the Soka area of Ibadan on Wednesday.
In a video captured by Wisdom TV, Igboho claimed that he had personally volunteered to dislodge the bandits but was met with defiance by the state government.
He also claimed that he had never demanded any money from the Seyi Makinde-led administration.
“If I am permitted to burst into the hideouts, they will flee. They are neither gnomes nor mannequins; they are humans, so 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.
“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.’”
“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,” he said.
The Oyo-based activist went on to say that after the Federal Government approved his security network, dubbed “Iru Ekun,” the Oyo State Government told him not to operate and that any attempt to rescue the children would result in their deaths.
“After I arranged the ‘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?
“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? Igboho queried.
On May 15, no fewer than 45 pupils were reportedly abducted during the Friday attack on three schools in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State.
The schools raided by the terrorists were Baptist Nursery and Primary School, Yawota; Community Grammar School, Esiele; and L.A. Primary School.
Security agencies have reportedly surrounded the possible escape routes of the assailants after they fled into a nearby forest reserve bordering Oriire communities and the Old Oyo National Park axis.
Elizabeth Olagoke, a teacher at Baptist Nursery and Primary School in Yawota, informed one of our correspondents that the kidnappers spoke Yoruba, Hausa, and Pidgin English.
After a few days, one of the abducted teachers, Michael Oyedokun, was brutally murdered.
Oyedokun was beheaded in a fresh video reportedly leaked by bandits on Sunday.
Chronicle NG obtained a video on Telegram on Monday showing the teacher being gruesomely executed after being bound and forced to talk.
This situation prompted Igboho to seek permission to establish his security firm, “Iru Ekun Security Network,” as part of efforts to remove criminals from the South-West woodlands.
He also indicated his willingness to cooperate with the executive order recently issued by the Oyo State Government, led by Governor Seyi Makinde, to regulate the activities of private security services in the state.
