IGP Orders Arrest Of Sunday Igboho Over Notice To Fulani Herdsmen

IGP has ordered the arrest of Sunday Igboho over a quit notice to Fulani herdsmen.

NewsOne Nigeria reports that the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the arrest of Sunday Adeyemo, youth leader better known as Sunday Igboho, over the quit notice he issued to herdsmen.

A report filed by BBC Hausa quoted Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari, as confirming the arrest order during its programme on Friday.

The Presidential spokesman reportedly said the IGP informed him of his directive to Ngozi Onadeko, the Oyo commissioner of police, to arrest Igboho and transfer him to Abuja.

The order is coming after Sunday Igboho had asked herdsmen in Igangan in Ibarapa north local government area of Oyo to leave within seven days following reports of the killing of some Oyo citizens.

Sunday Igboho had blamed herders and Fulanis, including Saliu Kadri, the Seriki Fulani, of being behind the rising insecurity in the area.

The quit notice generated tension in parts of the state, prompting Seyi Makinde, the governor, to ask the IGP to arrest those fomenting trouble under the guise of protecting the interest of Yoruba people.

“For people stoking ethnic tension, they are criminals and once you get them, they should be arrested and treated like common criminals,” the governor had told the police commissioner.