The decision by the Federal Government to extend clemency to Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Sunday Igboho, has remained a subject of widespread public discussion.
As reported by The Sun, the controversy has gone beyond the pardon itself, with the removal of Igboho’s name from the government’s wanted list intensifying debates around issues of justice, equity, and long-standing claims of partiality often leveled against President Bola Tinubu’s administration in its response to separatist agitations.
Igboho is widely recognized for his role in the push for an Oduduwa Republic. Similar to other separatist figures across the country, he was previously linked to terrorism-related allegations. These claims surfaced after a high-profile security raid on his Ibadan home in 2021, an operation that reportedly prompted his escape from Nigeria and subsequent exile.
Reacting to the development, the National Publicity Secretary of the Arewa Consultative Assembly (ACF), Professor Tukur Muhammad-Baba, said the pardon did not come as a surprise. According to him, actions of this nature are not unprecedented under President Tinubu’s administration, suggesting that the decision followed an established pattern rather than an extraordinary departure from past practices.
When he was asked, if it is not nepotism on the part of the federal government by removing Igboho’s name from the wanted list, the ACF scribe agreed, saying: “It is and patently so. But, what’s the surprise in this as far as the present federal government is concerned? Such a move squarely falls into a clear pattern of the moves in place since this government got to the office”. See_More…