Bandits plan to attack southwestern region - Gani Adams says, condemns Sheikh Gumi's visit to Igboho
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Yorubaland’s Aare Ona Kakanfo, Gani Adams and other members of the South-West Security Stakeholders Group have berated Kaduna-based Islamic scholar Ahmad Gumi over his visit to the city of Igboho in Oyo State.

Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, is a resident of Igboho, the headquarters of the Oorelope Local Government Area of ​​Oyo State.


Bandits plan to attack southwestern region - Gani Adams says, condemns Sheikh Gumi's visit to Igboho

In a viral video on Tuesday, the controversial Muslim cleric was sighted in the city of Igboho in the company of a former Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Prof. Usman Yusuf.

The security group responded after an emergency meeting, describing the pro-bandits’ Muslim cleric’s visit as “provocative”.

The security stakeholders made this known in a statement while raising the alarm that bandits were planning to attack the region and that security forces should be on the alert.

They criticized Sheikh Gumi for visiting the city of Igboho, saying the visit was an “attempt to mock and undermine the efforts of Yoruba activists and freedom fighters”.

They stated that both the Islamic cleric’s body language and statements in the town of Igboho “really showed that he was behind the DSS attack on Igboho’s Soka house, and that part of the Yoruba territories had been captured.”

“Gumi is a Nigerian, he has the right to visit any part of the country, but he should not go so far as to deliberately attack Igboho’s ideology in his hometown.

“Such an attempt is provocative and could lead to a crisis. That’s why it provoked different reactions. Gumi’s ideas are always at odds with the current reality in the country and I think it’s better for him to stop fueling the embers of discord in the country and especially in the Southwest,” the statement read in part.

The security stakeholders also warned bandits and other “evil elements” to stay away from the Southwest region.

They claimed that “there is a feeling that bandits have perfected their plans to strike in the Southwest.

The statement added: “In this regard, the South-West Security Stakeholders Group has deemed it necessary to step up security operations in our region, and we have instructed the police and all other security forces across the region to remain vigilant to ensure to make sure the region is safe. Any attempt to invade the Southwest will bring disaster both economically and politically.

“SSSG is driven by the calls to ensure effective security in the Southwest. We also love regionalism, where each region will control the security architecture of their respective region. If Nigeria does not return to or return to regionalism based on the true federalism we have in the past, a crisis could arise and no one should blame the agitation of self-determination.

“But as a group, we will not give in to the fight to protect the Southwest and we are committed to working with the police and other security forces to fight crime and make the region safe for all.”

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