The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) on Saturday accused the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, of bias after he ordered the arrest of a grassroots politician in Oyo State, Sunday Ighoho, for giving Fulani herdsmen a seven-day ultimatum to leave the state.
In a statement issued by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, HURIWA demanded the arrest of the National President of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Bello Bodejo, who had threatened to take over the land across the country in the past.
The IGP had on Saturday ordered the Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Ngozi Onadeko, to arrest Igboho, who is also the Akoni Odua of Yorubaland, and immediately transfer him to Abuja over Friday’s violence in Igangan, Ibarapa North local government area of the state where at least two people were reportedly killed and properties worth several millions of naira were destroyed.