By Yusuf Adua
The Oluwo of Iwo land, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi today wrote to President Muhammadu Buhari to plead on behalf of Mr. Sunday Adeyemo known as “Sunday Igboho” adducing that the self-acclaimed freedom fighter has failed to distinctively differentiate between agitation towards government and inter groups activism because he is an amateur.
He made this plea today in an open letter to the President and Commander in Chief of the armed forces, President Muhammadu Buhari, signed by the Chief Press Secretary to Oluwo, Alli Ibraheem, and received by NewsLive Nigeria.
The monarch who stood on “the peculiarity of Friday as one of the days of forgiveness” recounted that history will not forget in haste people like Chief MKO Abiola, Kensaro Wiwa, and many others who were consumed on nationalistic fronts adding that almost all regions of Nigerian State have had their taste of such occurrence.
Commenting on the move by Mr. Igboho, Oba Akanbi diplomatically explained that “when a child tells you your mouth is smelling, you stay back and observe”.
” However, a responsible father will not throw his child away with the bathwater. I say this to let your Excellency understand the position of most Royal Fathers and stakeholders on agitation for the Yoruba nation. We warned him,” the royal father pleaded.
The open letter reads
” Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho earned his popularity as an activist whose joy is to liberate the cheated. He started as such and grew with it. His strategy is not known to me because I’m not in his camp. Whenever I have information about his move, I do call him to order. He visited my palace sometime in 2018. I give pieces of advice when sought. Instead of Igboho to distinctively differentiate between agitation towards government and inter groups activism, he failed.
Oluwo who recalled that Mr. Igboho bathed stakeholders with spurious allegations at some points, disclosed that he, Oluwo, was the first in the list of the drummers of support for one Nigeria.
“As a father, I have personally forgiven him and I’m personally beseeching your Excellency as the number one citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to demonstrate your magnanimity by forgiving our promising son, Chief Adeyemo Sunday Igboho”
The monarch described Mr. Igboho as a novice who needs to be tutored on how to handle issues against the government.
He also saw the stout courageous Igboho as a gift to the Yoruba race who has pledged his readiness to listen to the elders.
” I appeal to your Excellency to slow down the security trail on Sunday Igboho. I have the assurance adhering to this piece will go a long way in strengthening the unity of Nigeria. I promise your Excellency that Igboho will mind his steps henceforth. He has suffered a lot. He would step down agitations. I will bring him for peace talks at the appropriate time, Oba Abdulrosheed pleaded.
The paramount ruler also promulgated that liberal struggles are won on intelligentsia merit, therefore, armoury without strategy is a defeated battle.
He did believe that Igboho has learnt and ready to mend his way that Nigeria is an indivisible entity that cannot be tore overnight for whatever reason.
Oluwo maintained that the handwriting is clearly on the wall as he lauded the president and his efforts towards combating crimes, checkmating banditry, curtailing criminalities, and fighting against corruption in the polity.
He also singled out the commitment of President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to infrastructural growth in and around the country describing it as “unequalled”.
