Popular Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, alias Sunday Igboho, said he knows the politicians behind the kidnapping cases in Oyo State.
He also threatened to expose the names and identity of such politicians if they do not stop their criminal activities.
Igboho made the claim and submission on Wednesday when he received the new executive members of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) led by Akinteye Bàbàtunde at his home in Soka area of Ibadan.
The activist, speaking in a video that has since gone viral on the internet, said he can fight the bandits himself but all his efforts so far have not been approved by the state government.
He also denied collecting money from the administration of Governor Seyi Makinde to rescue the victims who were recently kidnapped from schools in Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State by terrorists.
Igboho also alleged that the masterminds of the kidnappers are trying to make the country ungovernable for President Bola Tinubu as it was in the time of Goodluck Jonathan.
‘If I am allowed to burst into the hideouts, they will flee. They’re not mannequins, they’re not gnomes, they’re human beings, and so they could be moved. I know the politicians behind them, if they do not stop their evil acts I will mention them all. I know ’em. It is the politicians who put them up who are giving them the ammunition and the money.
The same thing they did to Jonathan, they are doing to Tinubu. They want to make the country ungovernable to him. They even have fake news propaganda to scare the masses and distract supporters from the President. Let us say the recent abduction is not a game. They abducted children in Oyo. I volunteered to go. But the state government said ‘No.’”
“Later they (Oyo government) told me that the kidnappers said if I try to force myself to come and rescue the children, they will kill them all. “If they really mean rescue of the victims, they should instruct my boys and I to chase them out of the forests in our regions and see whether those people will stay there even with their bombs and sophisticated weapons,” he said.
The Oyo-based activist also claimed that he has gotten approval from the Federal Government for his security network, named “Iru Ekun”, but the Oyo State Government warned him from operating and that any attempt by him to rescue the children might lead to their death.
“After I put in place ‘Iru Ekun’ security network, the federal government gave me the nod but the state government said no security must take a step behind them. Do we have to wait until he floods the forests to save these kids? I’m just worried about those abductees, nobody can abduct me, not even my family because they are scattered across Canada and Germany. Worried about what?
Despite his bad administration, Buhari completed his tenure. Why are they trying to stop a Yoruba man Tinubu from completing his? It was Tinubu who saved me from exile. Why should I fight him? And why do they want to destroy his government? Igboho asked.
It was noted that terrorists, on May 15, abducted no fewer than 46 pupils and teachers in an attack on three schools in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State.
The attacked schools are Baptist Nursery and Primary School, Yawota, Community Grammar School, Esiele and L.A. Primary School.
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