The Seriki Fulani of Ibarapa/Oyo State, Alhaji Salihu Abdukadir, has said that no one shot Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho, in his house.
Igboho had claimed that one of things that escalated the face-off he had with the Seriki was that he was shot at before he collected the gun from the alleged attacker.
Igboho had given Abdukadir and his men a week ultimatum to leave Igangan following alleged persisten attacks on natives, especially the killing of a businessman, Fatai Aborode.
But in an interview published in ‘Sunday Punch’, the Seriki said it was untrue that anyone pointed any gun at Igboho.
“That didn’t happen; if we had a gun that day, we would have fought back. In my house no one can shoot. My kids are educated; I have one abroad, six are university graduates. The least educated is a secondary school graduate,”” he said.
Source: BBC
He also denied ordering the killing of Aborode:
“I know nothing about it. I was very close to Aborode’s father and I once lived in their house, Ile Alagbede. In fact, we have become one family. Where Aborode was killed was very far from my village. It’s about two hours’ drive to my village; you will pass through Igangan town before you get to where I am. It is the opposite end of where I live.
“It was said that some Fulani cows destroyed Aborode’s farm and he came to complain to you and after that some Fulani people waylaid him and hacked him to death.
“Whoever said such happened should come out and say it to my face. Aborode never came to me to complain. All I heard was that he was ambushed and killed by some unknown people. Even though he pleaded and offered money so his life could be spared, his killers refused. Meanwhile, the person who carried him on a motorcycle was not injured. I also learnt that some people, including some Fulani people who were passing by at the time, were made to lie down by the assailants.”
