Olamilekan Shobowale Wednesday, July 2021

Dozens of protesters gathered at the home of Igboho in Ibadan, carrying placards which have various messages like ‘Igboho is not a criminal, I stand with Igboho’ and so on.

The protesters later proceeded to the streets of Ibadan, calling for Igboho’s
freedom. They said since Igboho has not committed any crime or killed anyone,
he should not be subjected to the treatment he is going through.

The protesters blocked Soka junction road, with hundreds of motorists caught in the traffic.

One of the protesters said: “Help us ask Buhari and his people; what is the
offence of Igboho? He asked Fulani herders killing and raping our people to
leave; is that an offence? The federal government under Buhari knows where
bandits and Boko Haram leaders are but they ignore them, preferring to use
Nigeria resources to kidnap peace loving people and put them in jail.

“This government watched a northern cleric romancing bandits, visiting them in
the forest but this government still claims not to know bandits whereabouts.

“We call on our south-west governors and Yoruba monarchs to rise up and fight
for the people that put them in position. It is not a crime if someone is asking
for an end to oppression. The federal government is pushing too far in the way
it is handling the issues of Igboho and Nnamdi Kanu.”

The protest was still in progress as of the time of filing this report.