Sunday Igboho’s arrest has been ordered by Governor Seyi Makinde over herdsmen notice.
NewsOne Nigeria reports that the governor of Oyo State, southwest Nigeria, Seyi Makinde, has ordered the Police to arrest Sunday Igboho and others causing tension in the state.
This online news platform had reported earlier that Igboho went to Igangan on Friday, to restate his ultimatum to Fulanis to leave. Igangan is a community in Ibarapa North Local Government Area.
The action carried out by the Oyo strongman came after he had accused the Fulani of perpetrating murders and kidnappings.
Makinde declared that his government would not allow anyone hiding under the guise of protecting Yoruba interests to cause ethnic tension and perpetrate crisis.
Governor Makinde stressed that the war Oyo and security agencies need to wage is not against any particular ethnic group but against criminal elements, irrespective of their tribes, religions, or creed.
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The Oyo State Governor added that his administration would not allow anyone to threaten the peace of the state by acting unlawfully and saying things that are alien to the Nigerian constitution.
Governor Makinde told the new Oyo Commissioner of Police, Ngozi Onadeko, that his administration would continue to synergise with law enforcement organs fight criminals, hoodlums and bandits irrespective of their tribe or religion.
“For people stoking ethnic tension, they are criminals and once you get them, they should be arrested and treated like common criminals.
“I am sure that since you came in, you must have heard about some things happening at Ibarapa axis of the state. I will still say it here that we are not after Hausa-Fulani. We are after criminals”, he said.
