Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has faulted invasion of Ibadan residence of the Yoruba nation activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, by combined team of the Department of State Security (DSS) and Army on July 1, 2021.
Igboho’s residence, located around Soka, in Ibadan, was invaded over allegation that he was stockpiling arms and ammunition.
In a video by Igboho’s media aide, Olayomi Koiki, Soyinka, who said that the Yoruba nation activist should not be pursued as a criminal, urged Federal Government to apologise to Igboho over the incident, which led to killing of two of his aides and arrest of 13 supporters.
Soyinka said: “My advice is not so much to Igboho but to the government that they should stop pursuing this person as a criminal because you (government) have begun by acting in a criminal fashion against him.
“Because if and when Igboho comes to trial I guarantee you that the government will be very embarrassed. It’s not in the interest of the government. I think they should just tell Igboho we made a mistake.
“We should not have acted this way, you are no longer wanted go back to your home and in fact escort him to his home quietly and let him resume his normal life.
“To declare him wanted and again this is another issue of language. I read in some papers that Igboho is in hiding. But more accurately he probably just gone underground to protect himself and perhaps be able to continue his declared struggle.
“I’m not talking about the secessionist aspect. I’m talking about what Igboho came out to do and I believe it is still his mission in this nation to protect, defend his own people and to let the aggressors know that they are not lords of this nation and not any section of it apart from what they are constitutionally entitled to.
“I think the government in known interest if you bring Igboho to trial he’s going to get mud in your face clearly. As far as I’m concerned it is up to Igboho to decide.
“He knows what the circumstances were. He knows what happened before his people were killed and he’s the only one who can decide for himself. I cannot advise him.”
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