BY LEVI JOHNSON
Sunday Adeyemo, alias Sunday Igboho, the popular Yoruba rights activist, has expressed disappointment that the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, never discussed herdsmen crisis in Yoruba land when he visited President Muhammadu Buhari recently.
Igboho, on Wednesday, bore his mind when he spoke during a virtual Townhall With Yoruba In Diaspora.
His words: “The monarchs are now afraid but we must keep praying for them to be united with one voice. They should not be afraid of arrest at their age. Some of them don’t even grant an audience at their palaces any longer. So, everything is now in God’s hands.
“When Ooni met with Buhari over the herdsmen issue, Ooni should have told Buhari the truth but he did not. When Ooni returned, he started tackling me to leave the remaining task to the government to finish. You can imagine that kind of talk?
“Alaafin of Oyo has asked me to meet him over the matter. Alaafin should have been the one invited to meet Buhari but since the Ooni was invited, he should be bold to tell the President the whole truth and make the demands of the Yoruba people known to the President.
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“The Ooni disappointed himself. Some politicians are behind Ooni’s latest move. He invited me to his palace but I refused to go. I would have gone if he had represented us well but he did not. I won’t honour any monarch who does not cooperate with me. Enough is enough, the Fulani have done enough.”
Recall that Oba Ogunwusi after meeting the President, however, urged Igboho not to take laws into his hands.
The monarch had said though Igboho has done well to speak for the downtrodden, it was time he allowed the constituted authorities including the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, to take charge and handle the security challenges in the state.
But the activist said some politicians were behind Ooni’s latest move, adding that the monarch disappointed the Yoruba people by not speaking against the killer herdsmen in the region when he met with the President.
