Crime
Yoruba in UK raise £9, 320 for Igboho; FG watching
For his tribal activism, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, is now £9, 320 (N4.8 million) richer, and more quid still coming his way as the Yoruba nation in the Diaspora kick in more fund to support his cause: to rid the southwest of violent Fulani herders.
Supporters of this crusade set up a Gofundme page for the purpose of raising £100,000 (N51.8m) for him to buy buses to make it happen.
The fundraiser was initiated by Maureen Badejo, a blogger and activist based in the United Kingdom.
So far, £9, 320 (N4.8m) has been raked up within 15 hours.
Funnellling funds from abroad to push local domestic agitation worries the President Muhammadu Buhari government. It shut down a similar drive by the Feminine Coalition during the October ENDSARS protest. Many of the recipients were branded terrorists, and their accounts were frozen.
The DSS has been warning of ethnic and religion upheavals, and the agency is , no doubt, monitoring the Sunday Igboho development.
But his supporters express their support cash-wise because they want Yorubaland free of Fulani criminals terrorizing the people.
Igboho shot into the media space after turfing out a Fulani leader suspected to be complicit in criminal activities in Igangan, and other towns in Ibarapaland, Oyo. He moved to Ogun early in the week to chase out another Fulani crime lord.
For now, he is more like a one-man army, are-handed, though ‘fortified’ with charms bulging under his clothes. He also has a bunch of youth cheering him on.
The governors, including his state’s Seyi Makinde, Ogun’s Dapo Abiodun, in the region have yet to buy into his cause.
-
Latest1 week agoLagos NURTW organising secretary Toba Ajiboye dies after gunmen attack
-
Business6 days agoCBN targets $12bn annual Diaspora inflows to boost FX liquidity
-
Business6 days agoSEC launches nationwide campaign to help investors recover unclaimed dividends
-
Business4 days agoNigerian AI researcher champions ethical artificial intelligence at COPA AI 2026 summit in Wales
-
Latest1 week agoOyo APC berates Makinde over call for UN probe into Oriire school rescue
-
Business6 days agoCBN launches real-time FX tracker for BDCs, tightens oversight of FX market
-
Latest7 days agoKwankwaso calls for renewed North–South-East Political alliance ahead of 2027
-
Business5 days agoFood prices now biggest threat to inflation, beyond CBN’s reach – Analysts


