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Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, a Yoruba rights activist, has declared he will not be intimidated by the recent fresh attempt by the Department of State Services, (DSS) to arrest him. He said any attempt to arrest him on Yoruba land will fail woefully. Nnamdi Kanu, still in DSS custody, is as defiant as ever. He insists he has committed no offence known to law. But, Boko Haram and ISWAP reign supreme. Two faces of a government’s contradictions!
Igboho, a self-determination warlord agitating for the South-West region, had been in the news for serving quit notice on killer Fulani herdsmen terrorising some parts of the South-West, killing, maiming, raping and spreading terror like fertilizer on plants. Igboho said he was never invited before the attempt to arrest him. He does not understand why he was being targeted. He advised the Federal Government to focus on capturing Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, and inviting Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, who has recently been meeting with bandits. Gumi negotiates ransom with terrorists! By the way, as we speak, over 120 kids of Bethel Baptist School are held in captivity by AK-47-wielding bandits in Kaduna.

For those who do not know, Kaduna is the home to some of the most critical military institutions and installations in Nigeria. How they operate freely and seamlessly under the close watch of this National Security apparatchik should worry Nigerians. Wait for the egregious news: the bandits have now demanded from parents of the kidnapped school children, provision of food for the feeding of their children! According to one Madugu, they demanded for 20 bags of local rice; 10 bags of imported rice; 20 bags of beans; 10 cartons of maggi cubes; 10 kegs of vegetable oil; and two bags of salt! Can you imagine that?
Earlier, in April, 2021, Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State, had confirmed that terrorists had displaced 3,000 residents, seized wives; and hoisted flags of sovereignty in Kaure and Shiroro local government areas, LGAs just 140 kilometres to Abuja, the Nigerian seat of power. Only few days ago, bandits killed 52 in Kaduna and Zamfara States. Before then, Boko Haram/ISWAP had announced to a bewildered nation (not shocked, because we have since become unshockable) that they have appointed a Governor for parts of Borno State, by name Abba-Kaka. While accepting the undoubted leadership of Abu Musa Al Barnawi, (son of Mohammed Yusuf, Boko Haram founder) the group named Abba-Kaka as Governor of Tumbumma, with jurisdiction over Marte, Abadam, Kukawa, Magumeri and other areas of the Lake Chad region. It is said that the APC Governor, Babagana Zulum, now controls 22 LGA’s, while the ISWAP controls five LGAs. Good gracious!
