Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as ‘Sunday Igboho’, has allegedly been attacked and harassed by officials of the Department Of State Security, DSS, in a failed arrest attempt.
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode who confirmed this on Friday, said a joint security team sought to violently arrest Igboho while on his way to Lagos to see Pa Adebanjo.
He said Igboho confirmed via telephone that there was a violent attempt to arrest him by a joint team of soldiers, DSS and the police.
Fani-Kayode however condemned the attempted arrest of Igboho, saying it would be very dangerous to do so.
According to the former minister, if the security operatives wanted to see Igboho, all they needed to do was to simply invite him and not to lay ambush for him.
“I just spoke to my brother Sunday Igboho. He told me there was a violent attempt to arrest him this afternoon by a joint team of soldiers, DSS operatives and policemen numbering about 40 on the Ibadan/Lagos Expressway whilst he was on his way to see Baba Ayo Adebanjo in Lagos.
“I condemn this attempt to ambush and abduct him. It is not only reckless but also very dangerous.
“If the security agencies want to see him all they need to do is to invite him to their office. I am not aware of any crime that he has committed & I urge restraint on all sides,” he said.
Igboho has been under the federal government’s radar after issuing a seven-day ultimatum to Fulani herdsmen in Igangan, Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo over killings of Yorubas.
Upon the expiration of the ultimatum, Igboho came back to Igangan and enforced the eviction of Fulanis in the area.
