Igboho s Comments Irresponsible Ooni Hits Back On Fulani-Slave Comment
The spokesman for the Ooni said the palace was not ready to engage Igboho formally on the matter but the issue of the threat of violence against the monarch would be handled appropriately.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Feb 04, 2021
The Ooni of Ife, Enitan Ogunwusi, has described the comments made against him by Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo (Igboho), as irresponsible.
The spokesman for the Ooni, Moses Olafare, who spoke with Premium Times, said the palace was not ready to engage Igboho formally on the matter but the issue of the threat of violence against the monarch would be handled appropriately.
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Igboho also flayed some Yoruba leaders, including traditional rulers, alleging that have not shown enough support for the struggle to liberate the Yoruba from their ”Fulani oppressors”.
Speaking during a virtual town hall meeting monitored by TheCable, Igboho said the Ooni and others are interested in their own gain even though they claim to represent the Yoruba interest.
The meeting, which started at 11:15pm on Tuesday, ended at 1am on Wednesday. It had more than 1000 participants from Nigeria and the Diaspora.
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Igboho joined in at 12:16am, saying he was just entering Oyo town to see Lamidi Adeyemi, the Alaafin of Oyo, for a meeting. He said the monarch is in supporter of his struggle.
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Yoruba activist and businessman, Sunday Adeyemo, more popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has described Enitan Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife; Bola Tinubu, All Progressives Congress, APC national leader, and Seyi Makinde, Oyo state governor, as Fulani slaves.
He also flayed some Yoruba leaders, including traditional rulers, alleging that they have not shown enough support for the struggle to liberate the Yoruba people from their ‘Fulani oppressors’.
Igboho said the Ooni and others are only interested in their own gain even though they claim to represent the Yoruba interest.
The Cable reports that Igboho spoke during a virtual town hall meeting which had more than 1000 participants from Nigeria and the Diaspora. At the meeting which began late Tuesday night and ended in the early hours of Wednesday, Igboho revealed that Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, the Alaafin of Oyo, is one monarch who is in support of his struggle.