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Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, on Wednesday reaffirmed that he remains on the Federal Government’s wanted list.
The statement came as a response to remarks by Hajia Naja’atu Mohammed, a former Director in President Bola Tinubu’s Presidential Campaign Council, who questioned how Igboho was allegedly able to move freely despite being declared wanted.
Igboho was declared wanted in 2021 by the Department of State Services (DSS) over accusations of stockpiling arms and inciting unrest.
Naja’atu had criticized what she described as unequal government treatment of separatist agitators, pointing out the prolonged detention of Indigenous People of Biafra leader Nnamdi Kanu, and expressing concerns over perceived marginalization of the North in political appointments under President Tinubu.
In a statement personally signed and sent to Hobnob News on Wednesday, Igboho dismissed Naja’atu’s comments as “ignorant and misleading.” He emphasized, “I am still on the wanted list of the Federal Government, even under the administration of President Bola Tinubu.”
He described her allegations as “unfounded and ridiculous,” warning against dragging his name into what he called propaganda aimed at discrediting the current administration.
Igboho explained that he currently uses his German passport to travel internationally, as he is unable to enter Nigeria due to the DSS’s wanted status order issued during former President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure, which remains in effect.
He recalled the violent raid on his home in Ibadan on July 1, 2021, by a combined team of DSS operatives and soldiers, which resulted in the deaths of two of his associates and the arrest of thirteen others.
Addressing ethnic and political questions, Igboho noted that only two Nigerian presidents since independence—Olusegun Obasanjo and Bola Tinubu—have been from the Yoruba ethnic group.
He challenged Naja’atu’s silence on security challenges during Buhari’s administration, particularly Boko Haram and armed herdsmen activities, and accused her of hypocrisy. Igboho criticized the reliance on Islamic cleric Abubakar Gumi as an intermediary with terrorist groups during Buhari’s era, contrasting it with President Tinubu’s more direct approach to confronting insurgency.
Concluding, Igboho urged, “She should keep my name out of her tirades.”
