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An Iyaganku chief magistrate court in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, has ordered that Iskilu Wakili, a notorious Fulani war lord in the state, be remanded in a correctional facility.
Wakili was arrested by the Oodua Peoples Congress and other security outfits in Kajola, Ibarapa area of the state, and subsequently handed over to the police.
Residents of Ibarapa had accused the war lord of having links to kidnappers in the area. He was also accused of being a leader of armed Fulani herders who attack farmers, destroy their farmland and rape their women.
With the eviction of the Seriki Fulani, Abdulkadri Saliu, from Igangan in Ibarapaland, many had thought the end had come to the oppression and constant anguish farmers were subjected to. Little did they know that their woes had just began.
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Iskilu Wakili, the notorious Fulani whose sole aim has been to terrorize farm owners in communities in Oyo State has been arrested.
Wakili’s stock in trade is to seize hectares of farmland, rape women, kidnap rich indigenes in the Ibarapa area of Oyo state for ransom and so many other despicable atrocities.
With the eviction of the Seriki Fulani, Abdulkadri Saliu, from Igangan in Ibarapaland, many had thought the end had come to the oppression and constant anguish farmers were subjected to. Little did they know that their woes had just began.
With the Seriki gone, Wakili waxed stronger as he mounted no cross-zone on farms in an apparent bid to send warnings to the people of the town that he cannot be evicted. He shot farmers who trespassed the no cross-zone.
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In Nigeria, clashes between ethnic Fulanis and other groups have cost thousands of lives in the past decades and now a car salesman has emerged as a controversial national figure in this increasingly deadly conflict, as the BBC s Nduka Orjinmo reports.
Hailed as a hero by his supporters, Sunday Igboho Adeyemo is seen as a dangerous rabble rouser by his opponents, accused of inciting ethnic hatred and killing.
Once only well-known in his part of south-western Nigeria, he has now become one of the most talked about - and divisive - figures across the country.
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The Ooni of Ife, Enitan Ogunwusi, has described the comments made against him by the acclaimed Yoruba warlord, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, as irresponsible.
In an exclusive telephone interview with PREMIUM TIMES, Mr Ogunwusi, who spoke through his spokesman, Moses Olafare, said the palace was not ready to engage Mr Adeyemo formally on the matter but the issue of the threat of violence against the monarch would be handled appropriately.
Mr Adeyemo, while taking part in a virtual town hall meeting on Wednesday morning with Nigerians in the diaspora, attacked some South-west leaders including the former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu; Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, and traditional rulers including the Oluwo of Iwo, Abdulrasheed Akanbi, and the Ooni.