FOLASHADE KEHINDE
YORUBA activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Sunday Igboho, has turned down an invitation for questioning by the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu.
The letter, which was reportedly sent to him through DHL, was rejected by his security aides.
The invitation is coming on the heels of Igboho’s launching of the Yoruba Nation campaign.
His media aide, Olayomi Koiki, said the IGP’s letter was not accepted by Igboho’s team because the late Dele Giwa, a renowned Nigerian journalist, had been allegedly killed by a letter bomb in his house in 1986.
He said, “We would like to tell the international communities and every Nigerian that this morning, 1st of April, 2021, a letter was sent via DHL to Chief Sunday Igboho but the letter was not received by his security operatives.
“Later around 3 pm of the same day, a team of about six men without uniform arrived in a Corolla car and another nine were in police uniform but all were identified as police officers.
“They wanted to see Chief Sunday Igboho with a letter said to have been addressed to him by the Inspector General of Police. Again, the letter was not received by Chief Sunday’s (Igboho’s) security team.”
He added, “Chief Sunday would like to know why a letter was sent to him and for what purpose.
“If the IG of police wants to invite him, we would like him to first send the same letter to all the bandits and Boko Haram members killing our mothers and farmers and those kidnapping them.”
The media aide said if the IGP must invite Igboho, he should make a public statement addressed to him.
“We should all remember how letters had been sent to previous Yoruba sons like the late Dele Giwa,” he added.
Meanwhile, former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has again cautioned the Federal Government against arresting Igboho.
In an open letter to the Federal Government, he said, “I will say this just once. The biggest threat to the peace and stability of Nigeria today is the plan by some hardliners in the Buhari regime to kill, arrest or detain my friend and brother Chief Sunday Adeyemo (aka Sunday Igboho).
“Arresting, detaining or killing this man will be the biggest mistake that the Buhari Government can make.
“I say this because firstly, as far as I am aware, he has not broken any law and secondly because he represents the thoughts and aspirations of over 70 million Yoruba people.
“To every single one of those people, he is the greatest hero of the SW since Oduduwa.”
