Recall that DAILY GIST had reported how Ighoho’s house in Soka area of Ibadan, Oyo state was attacked at the wee hours of Thursday
The Department of State Services(DSS) confirmed that its responsible for the attack on Sunday Igboho’s house on Thursday
DSS spokesman, Peter Afunanya disclosed this in a statement made available to Journalists.
According to Peter, The raid was based on intelligence that Igboho had allegedly stockpiled arms and ammunition in his house.
But Igboho in a statement released by his media aide, Koiki on Friday night said the weapons paraded by the DSS as recovered from his house did not belong to him.
Igboho noted that the guns found in his house were ‘government magic stating that he used traditional power to protect himself instead rather than guns.
The activist added that there was no prior invitation sent to him by the agency neither was any search warrant used by the officers who invaded his home.
According to him, the invasion at his house was an attempt by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to silence him so the killer-herdsmen, whom he always antagonized, will take over the South-West region.
Sunday Igboho said, “The invasion of my home by Nigerian security operatives and the Department of State Services’ (DSS) announcement that I’m wanted has made it essential for me to set the records straight for Nigerians and the international community.
Nigerian security operatives invaded my residence in the early hours of Thursday, 1 July 2021. The invasion was done without a search warrant. I was not invited for questioning/investigation at any government facility before the invasion. The operatives that stormed my residence destroyed my properties, killed persons and stole valuables and money. Pictures and videos of their atrocities have been widely reported in the media.
“Nigerians and the world at large are aware of my resistance to the incessant killings, raping and kidnapping of my people in Southwest Nigeria by armed Fulani herdsmen.
“The failure of President Muhammadu Buhari and his government to curb the criminal activities of the murderous herdsmen necessitated my intervention. I ordinarily would not have intervened if the government had lived up to its responsibility of securing the Southwest and Nigeria at large from the criminal activities of the President’s ethnic men.
“Of public knowledge, my intervention has not led to any loss of life or bloodshed. My means of curbing criminality is to chase the criminal Fulani herdsmen out of their hideouts in the company of the people of the affected communities. It is because of the foreseen government persecution that videos of such interventions were transmitted live on social media.
“Nigerians, the security operatives, and the presidency are aware that I have never moved against the peaceful Fulanis and other tribes living peacefully in the Southwest. My unjust persecution –for defending my people and community – is therefore surprising and unwarranted.
”After several unsuccessful attempts to link me to any crime, the Buhari regime desperately opt to forcefully silence me, so that the criminal herdsmen, who enjoy government’s sympathy, protection and immunity, can easily outrun the Southwest.
“The presidency’s serial antics and desperation to acquire people’s ancestral lands across Nigeria for foreign Fulani herdsmen because they share ethnicity and occupation with the President is well known to Nigerians and the international community. I am being seen as a threat to the Fulanisation agenda in the Southwest, hence the desperation to soil my name.
“Nigerians and the international community should please be aware that the security operatives that invaded my home either planted the ammunitions being paraded in the media in my home or harvest them from their armoury to frame me. The arms paraded are not mine, they are government magic. I protect myself with traditional powers, not with guns.
“Federal government framed me up and the sequence of events brings the truth to bare. Why would the security agents invade my home at night and destroy my surveillance cameras before carrying out their operation if not that they had an ulterior motive?
”In this modern age of technological advancement, why did the security operatives not put on body cameras to record their activities from the point of entry to their time of exit? Their action is a testament that the Buhari regime is incurable of using the desperate approach to silence peaceful social interventions.
“The unwarranted military invasion of Lekki, gruesome killing of peaceful EndSARS protesters, and evacuation of their bodies on 20 October 2020 is still fresh in the mind of Nigerians.
”A similar approach was adopted during the invasion of my home. The security operatives killed scores and took away their bodies. Buhari’s regime would have declared that ‘unknown gunmen’ invaded my home if they had succeeded in killing me.
”Nigerians and the international community should beware that desperate efforts are being made to force those arrested to make implicating confession statements. I advise the DSS to desist from their unprofessional acts and devote such energy to eradicating insecurity.
”Nigerians and the international community should please note that I am a law-abiding citizen without blemish. I advise President Buhari to, in the interest of Nigerians that voted him to power, order his henchmen to desist from using falsehood and unholy tactics to soil my name.
”Such energy should be devoted to taming the herdsmen and bandits freely committing heinous crimes across Nigeria with impunity because their kinsman is in power.
”Yoruba people would not be demanding for a nation if the government had lived up to its responsibilities. Self-determination is not a crime and all efforts to silence us and acquire our ancestral land for local and foreign criminal herdsmen will fail.
“Many Ken Saro-Wiwas arose after Nigerian government unjustly executed the non-violent activist. Those that emerged after him confronted the government and almost brought Nigeria to its knees. I am another Saro-Wiwa. Therefore, I advise President Buhari to learn from the mistake of past governments. I am not Nigeria’s problem and should not be framed up or intimidated for contributing my quota to ensure peace reigns in my region and country.”
However, Some local online newspapers alleged on Friday night that the popular Yoruba activist, Adeyemo Sunday otherwise known as Sunday Igboho has been finally arrested by operatives of the Department of Security Service (DSS).
The unconfirmed report revealed that Sunday Igboho has been moved to the Headquarters of the DSS in Abuja along with the self-acclaimed founder of Kingdom of Heaven on Earth Sat Guru Maharaj Sat Gurumaraji, a powerful spiritualist, who harboured him in his ‘Kingdom.
But independent findings by DAILY GIST revealed that the report is fake and untrue.
DAILY GIST though learnt that the Buhari-led administration is currently taking serious steps towards stemming down the tides of indiscipline and unpatriotic actions from separationists who are disturbing the peace the nation.
Reports claimed Igboho may have been placed on watchlist by the federal government but it’s not clear yet if the DSS had asked the Nigeria Immigration Service or the Nigeria Customs Service to stop the activist from leaving the country.
DAILY GIST can authoritatively report that Sunday Igboho as at the time of reporting this news has not been arrested as claimed by some online media.
Sat Guru Maharaj himself debunked the social media report that Sunday Igboho was arrested in his temple located along Lagos-Ibadan expressway.
Maharaj in an interview with Penpushing in the early hours of Saturday said contrary to the speculation he was not aware of such arrest, nor he was arrested as reported in some quarters, adding that those behind the unconfirmed reports were mischiefmakers.
The Self-acclaimed Living Perfect Master disclosed that he was in his home in Lagos, and not in the know of the said falsehood, pointing out that he is a peaceful and God sent to the universe
‘I am in my house in Lagos. Those speculating falsehood are michefmakers, whose heads needs to be examine. I am not aware of such arrest, nor I was arrested. No arrest made in my temple, so ignore such speculations’, he emphasized
He added that he was preparing for the temple anniversary, and should notbe linked with such idiotic speculation, and called on those behind the falsehood to retrace their steps.
In an audio shared exclusively with DAILY GIST on Saturday morning, Igboho spoke himself on Friday night and revealed his whereabout amidst alleged report of his arrest at Sat Gurumaraji temple.
Igboho who thanked Nigerians for their support noted that he is currently in his house at ibadan and was not arrested or currently at Sat Gurumaraji place.
Listen To The Audio Below As Obtained By DAILY GIST;
