Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has insisted that he remains on the wanted list of the Federal Government of Nigeria, despite the change in administration from former President Muhammadu Buhari to President Bola Tinubu.
Igboho made this known on Wednesday in a personally signed statement sent to The PUNCH from his base in Germany, dismissing claims by former Presidential Campaign Council director Naja’atu Mohammed, who alleged that he was enjoying freedom of movement despite being wanted.
“I’m still on the wanted list of the Federal Government despite the Presidency being headed by President Tinubu,” Igboho said, describing Naja’atu’s comments as “unfounded and ridiculous.”
Naja’atu had earlier questioned the federal government’s contrasting treatment of secessionist figures, criticising the prolonged detention of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu while Igboho allegedly roamed free.
She also accused President Tinubu of marginalising the North after benefitting from the region’s electoral support during the 2023 elections.
Reacting, Igboho said he could not enter Nigeria as his name remains on the security watchlist.
“Currently, I’m using my German passport to travel in Europe and other continents and cannot enter the shores of Nigeria,” he stated.
He recounted the July 1, 2021, invasion of his Ibadan residence by the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigerian Army, which he claimed was a targeted assassination attempt. The raid resulted in the death of two of his associates and the arrest of 13 others.
“My only offence was speaking out against the rampant killings, maiming, and sexual abuse committed by herders in South-West communities during Buhari’s regime,” he said.
He criticised Naja’atu for what he called a deliberate distortion of facts, accusing her of engaging in propaganda to undermine Tinubu’s government.
“She should desist from dragging my name into her diatribe,” he warned.
Igboho further questioned the silence of critics like Naja’atu during the height of insecurity under Buhari’s tenure, especially regarding Boko Haram attacks and ransom negotiations led by controversial cleric Sheikh Abubakar Gumi.
He also highlighted what he described as ethnic imbalance in Nigeria’s presidential history.
“Out of 16 presidents who have governed Nigeria since independence, only two—Olusegun Obasanjo and Bola Tinubu—are Yoruba,” he said.
