A coalition of Yoruba groups , Igbimo Apapo Yoruba Lagbaye , says 100 senior advocates of Nigeria and other prominent lawyers would be raised if Yoruba rights activists , Sunday Adeyemo , popularly known as Sunday Igboho , is taken to court over his action .
The group said this in a statement on Friday reacting to the position of the opposition of a human rights lawyer , Femi Falana , to the eviction notice issued by Sunday Igboho.
The PUNCH reports that Igboho had issued a seven – day quit notice to Fulani in Igangan , Ibarapa area of Oyo State over their alleged involvement in kidnappings and killings .
Subsequently , Igboho and his supporters stormed Igangan after the expiration of the quit notice to chase away the Fulani .
In an interview on a BBC programme on Wednesday , Falana asked the affected Fulani herders to sue Igboho and defend their constitutional rights.
But the Yoruba group in a statement by its President , Aare Oladotun Hassan , and secretary- general , Siyanbade Adekanbi , faulted Falana’ s position, alleging that some herders had destroyed farmlands , killed farmers and raped women in the country.
The statement read , “ Today it is crystal clear to the blind on the current position we find ourselves in Nigeria , whereas the government has failed in its statutory duties to provide adequate security for her people, hence self – defence becomes an inevitable solution .
“ We are disappointed to see Mr Falana ’ s clandestine call for fundamental rights legal attrition against Sunday Igboho as most unfortunate , demeaning and treacherous , for someone of the legal calibre of Falana to support the Fulani herdsmen bandits wreaking havoc ranging from kidnappings , rape , mass destructions , killings and invasions of farmlands and communities at will, at the detriment of the victim ’ s fundamental human rights .
“ Indeed Falana failed to sue the killer herdsmen , mostly whose identity are deceitfully more visible as Fulanis rather than real Nigerians .
“ While those that invade farmlands most times are Fulani foreign fighters from Mali , Sudan , Niger, Libya to mention a few , hence the Nigeria Immigration Service needs to wake up to her responsibility urgently .
“ We are not surprised to see the crafty statements from some of the so -called enemies of the Yoruba people and Nigerians at large . We Yorubas are the most accommodating ethnic race in Nigeria , we love everyone including Hausas , Fulani , Igbos , Efiks , Ijaws to mention a few , and they all can attest to their peaceful habitation and successes .
“ We reiterate our supports for Igboho and other like minds , that for any legal action against him or others, we are prepared to raise 100 SANs and senior lawyers of erudite qualities to defend the Yoruba interests at the court . ”
