Police, DSS, others mum after Tinubu’s backer threatened opposition

In what many have described as selective justice, the Nigeria Police and Department of State Service  have remained silent weeks  after Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Igboho threatened  Atiku Abubakar , and Peter Obi not to come and campaign in the South-West.

Igboho had vowed to ensure Tinubu gets a third term in the viral video.

His words:  “If you know that you are crazy, campaign for one Atiku or Obi in Yorubaland.”

“No more useless Atiku or Obi in Yorubaland” the activist declared. “If you know that you are crazy, campaign for one Atiku or Obi in Yoruba region.”

“Tinubu for second term; beyond 2027. 100 per cent. After eight years of Asiwaju, we’ll pray for extra years. Throughout Lagos and Yorubaland, it’s for Asiwaju. We will all vote for him,” he added.

Adeyemo’s threat to frustrate opposition politicians in Yorubaland came barely two months after returning to Nigeria from exile on January 26, 2026, following the removal of his name from the Federal Government’s list of wanted persons.

The activist’s return to Nigeria came after prominent traditional rulers, including the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja; the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi; and the Olugbon of Orile Igbon, Oba Francis Alao, among prominent Nigerians appealed to Mr Tinubu on his behalf.

The Yoruba Nation agitator fled Nigeria on July 1, 2021, after a raid on his Ibadan, Oyo State, residence by officers of the State Security Services and the Nigerian Army over allegations of stockpiling arms and ammunition.

The house raid came amid Mr Adeyemo’s intense campaign to dislodge armed Fulani herdsmen occupying forests in the South-West who were also killing and abducting farmers.

The activist was declared wanted, denied a Nigerian passport and his bank accounts frozen under the administration of the late President Muhammadu Buhari, despite court rulings in his favour.

In spite of calls for his arrest by concerned Nigerians, Igboho still walks around freely, giving the impression that he has the backing of people in high places.