Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, says popular Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, speaks for 99 per cent of the Yoruba people of the South-West region.
He stated this on Tuesday while featuring on a PUNCH Live programme.
Fani-Kayode, who recently visited Igboho at his Ibadan residence, said the activist was against criminals in Oyo State and not against the Fulani stock.
Igboho issued a seven-day quit notice to herdsmen accused of kidnapping, rape, farmland destruction, amongst other crimes in the Ibarapa area of Oyo and enforced same.
He had also confronted herdsmen accused of terrorising farmers and residents in the Yewa area of Ogun State.
Some persons have, however, disagreed with his method, saying it could ignite communal clashes.
Speaking on Tuesday, Fani-Kayode said, âMy understanding in what he (Igboho) did was not to give quit notices to nomads; what he did was to give quit notices to kidnappers, murderers, killers and people who butcher our people in the South-West regularly.â
The former minister said Igboho gave quit notice to those that committed âterrible crimesâ who ârape, maim, destroy and kidnapâ and ânot to Fulanis, Hausas.â
âMake no mistake, Igboho speaks the mind of 99 per cent of Yoruba people. Many will not say this publicly but he does. What I wonât accept and I know this is not his position, is that he should target Hausa-Fulani people in the South-West who have done nothing wrong. It is not about targeting people, I will never be part of that simply because people have the right to live in any part of the country,â Fani-Kayode added.
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