The Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State and the Oduduwa Republic agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho have reportedly traded words over herdsmen crisis in the state.
There have been reports of killings and kidnapping by suspected herdsmen in different areas of Ogun State.
Residents of Yewa, Abeokuta North, Odeda and some parts of Ijebu have decried what they termed the inability of government to tame the killer herdsmen, whom they accused of killing, raping and kidnapping innocent citizens.
On Monday, Sunday Igboho stormed Yewa axis of the state, with a threat to chase away Fulani herdsmen in Oja Odan and Igua.
He said the Governor of the state had spoken up against the gruesome killing of his people, allowing him to visit the state for the mission.
He said he was in Ogun on the invitation of Governor Dapo Abiodun to sack killer herdsmen from the state.
He said he would visit the entire Yorubaland to ensure peace.
Igboho had recently visited a Fulani settlement in Igangan, Oyo State, where Sharki Fulani Saliu Abdulkadir’s residence was attacked for alleged complicity in attacks by suspected herdsmen in the area.
Igboho explained on Monday: “The reason for our visit to Ogun state is to flush out the killer herdsmen.
“We’ve not visited the governor, we’ll do that after we’ve flushed the Fulani herdsmen out of the state.
“Let’s thank God and the governor of the state; he said himself that he wanted us to come and send the killer herdsmen out.
“His action shows that he loves the people of Ogun state.
“If he doesn’t love the people of Ogun state, he wouldn’t have allowed us to come to the state.”
However, Governor Abiodun, in a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Waheed Odusile, denied enlisting Igboho to combat crime in the state.
Abiodun was silent on the Igboho’s Monday visit but denied earlier report credited to his Special Adviser on Public Communication, Remmy Hazzan, welcoming Igboho to the state.
“At all times, the government will ensure all security agencies and indeed all stakeholders operate within the ambit of the law and will neither welcome nor endorse any initiative that amounts to self-help or is outside the contemplation of the constitution which is the ground norm binding on all governments and persons in the country,” he said.
He emphasized that Ogun “is home to all Nigerians and foreigners alike.”
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