The pan - Yoruba group , Afenifere , on Monday , faulted the arrest and parade of suspects involved in the riot at Ile - Ife on March 8 , saying no Hausa/ Fulani was arrested.
The Publicity Secretary of the group , Mr . Yinka Odumakin , in an interview with one of our correspondents in Abuja , said the parade of the suspects in Abuja showed “undue sectional deployment of federal might. ”
The police had , on Monday , at the Force Headquarters , Abuja , paraded 20 suspects, including a traditional ruler, Oba Ademola Ademiluyi, the Lawarikan of Apojeland , for alleged involvement in the Ile - Ife crisis .
The Force said 46 persons were killed and properties worth millions of naira destroyed during the mayhem while 96 others were hospitalised at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital out of which 81 of them were treated and discharged while 15 others were still on admission .
The Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood , said 38 suspects were earlier arrested, detained and investigated, out of which 18 persons , who were not involved in the violence, were released .
Checks, however , indicated that all those paraded for their involvement in the violence were Yoruba, but the police spokesman denied that the investigation was targeted at a particular group .
He insisted that the suspects were indicted by the investigators, noting that evidence collated by the police showed that the suspects were all involved in the violence that rocked the ancient city .
Moshood stated , “It is not a one -sided thing; suspects from different backgrounds were arrested and some of them were released when investigations showed that they had nothing to do with the violence.
“To be specific, 38 suspects from various backgrounds and ethnic groups were arrested, but 20 of them, who were found culpable for direct and indirect participation in the killing of innocent people were detained and they would be prosecuted . ”
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He did not , however , explain why none of the Hausa traders, who allegedly started the fracas and killed some residents , were not among the suspects.
Giving the background to the crisis , the police spokesman explained that one Kuburat Eluwole triggered the violence when she allegedly slapped one Abubakar Mohammed in the course of an argument.
Eluwole’ s husband , Akeem, a . k. a . Escort, allegedly sponsored some thugs who attacked the Hausa residents of Sabo, leading to the death of 46 persons who were allegedly killed with knives and axes.
Moshood said, “On Tuesday, March 7 , 2017 at about 2010 hrs , one Alhaji Nasiru Magaji of No. 50 Sabo Street , Ile - Ife , Osun State, reported at Moore Police Station that one Oba Ademola Ademiluyi, the Lawarikan of Apoje land, one Eluwole Akeem ‘m ’ (a . k. a Escort ) and his wife, Kuburat , brought some hoodlums with cutlasses and other dangerous weapons to attack Hausa residents at the Sabo area of Ile - Ife over a fight between Mohammed of Sabo and Kuburat . ”
Based on the report at the Moore Police Station, the police said a case of conduct likely to cause breach of the peace was made against the duo of Kuburat and Mohammed.
“Unexpectedly , on Wednesday March 8 , the peace of the area was shattered with the eruption of crisis that led to the gruesome killings of 46 people ,” Moshood stated .
But the Oba denied involvement in the crisis , saying he was in Lagos when the violence erupted , adding that he did not know anything about the incident.
“I was in Lagos on March 7 when the violence erupted and when I heard about it, I reported at the Bar Beach police station . When I got to Ile - Ife , I saw the two groups throwing stones at each other and someone asked me to intervene, but I said I don’ t speak Hausa.
“The police arrested me , but I don ’ t know anything about the issue ,” he said in Yoruba .
Arrests, undue sectional deployment of federal might –Afenifere
Faulting the police , Afenifere said it objected seriously to the parade of the “ so- called suspects in Abuja that is hundreds of miles away from the scene of the conflict . ”
According to the group , the right place to investigate this disturbance is Osun State.
It stated , “The Abuja show is undue sectional deployment of federal might to intimidate and harass a party in the conflict . It is direct fallout of the threat of the Interior Minister (Abdulrahaman Danbazzau) after he visited Ife .
“The minister is not on record to have visited any scene of conflict where Fulani herdsmen have inflicted ‘massacres’ on their host communities in the Southern and Middle Belt communities since he was appointed .
“The Ife crisis was sparked by the beheading of a Yoruba vulcaniser and the subsequent parade of his severed head on a pole. How come there is no member of the Arewa community paraded by the police ?
“We reject the one - eyed Magistrate that the police have become in this matter and which is as a result of the ethnic composition of the police presently.
“We demand the immediate transfer of the suspects to Osun state . We will resist this ethnic vengeance through the police except we see arrests of the Fulani aggressors in the Ife conflict . ”
But the National Publicity Secretary of the pan- northern socio- political organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum , Alhaji Muhammad Ibrahim , said he would not comment on the arrest and the parade of the suspects in Abuja .
“I won ’t comment on that matter . We don ’t want to give anything ethnic or religious colouration ; that ’s why I don’ t want to comment on it. Sorry , I am in the hospital attending to people . One of my best friends is ill please ,” he said.
Arraign those arrested – Group
On its part, Ife Club 1 , an association of elite indigenes of Ile - Ife , Osun State, called on the police to hasten the process of prosecuting people arrested in connection with the recent clash.
The President of the club , Chief Adebisi Ogundipe, made the call in Lagos on Monday at a briefing by the executives and other senior members of the club .
Ogundipe said there was also the need to
reveal the identities of those in detention , so that people would see whether or not the allegation of partiality on the part of security agencies was true or not .
He said, “The crisis in Ife is surprising giving the age- long harmonious relationship between the two communities . They had related with each other for almost two centuries and operated like brothers and sisters with inter - ethnic marriages and a lot of business relationships.
“As a lawyer, I will not support any act of violence and illegality; but the security officials posted there did not demonstrate enough professionalism in the way they handled the situation during and after the crisis .
“They were supposed to arrest those involved on both sides . But even now that arrests have been made, all we are saying is, let the law take its course. The police should quickly arraign those in their custody . That is what our law says . ’


http://punchng.com/ile-ife-riot-afenifere-kicks-as-police-parade-20-suspects-in-abuja/


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mtcheeeeew...afonjas and their masters.. who cares??

I asked a policeman friend of mine,a DPO, his views abt this one sided arrest and his response was thus:
"I have no comment on this.
It's purely a husband/wife matter(family affair)".

....

stephleena:
mtcheeeeew...afonjas and their masters.. who cares??

Anyone who says "afonja & their master" must be an OSU, lagooner , nyanmiri and Aba made product.
Kiss the truth!

Abeg i dey go work... Na family matter

See afonjas trying to raise shoulders with their masters.

In Osinbanjo's voice now "abeg abeg make una no let bubu vex oo, una wan spoil work for my hand".
lol.

Hmmmm

Nigeria....... massacre and genocide is now riot....... kontinuuuuuu

TimeManager:
Anyone who says "afonja & their master" must be an OSU, lagooner , nyanmiri and Aba made product.
Kiss the truth!

Oga na truth na.
you want to go against your forefathers....Awolowo.

“The Ife crisis was sparked by the beheading of a Yoruba vulcaniser and the subsequent parade of his severed head on a pole. How come there is no member of the Arewa community paraded by the police ?


This is one of the reasons there can never be true peace in Nigeria.

When a particular tribe is given a prefrential treatment above others.

furrr:
Hmmmm

Nigeria....... massacre and genocide is now riot....... kontinuuuuuu

Trust our Hausa federal govt to hide anythibg that has to do with fulanis.
what pains me most is that Osinbajo, and those Buhari yoruba slaves, sorry aides will not say anything.

KingGBsky:
See afonjas trying to raise shoulders with their masters.

In Osinbanjo's voice now "abeg abeg make una no let bubu vex oo, una wan spoil work for my hand".
lol.

When will u begin to use your God-give sense?

Samunique:
When will u begin to use your God-give sense?

What is your problem?
Does history tell lies? Or is it not still happening among the afonja youths?
oboy take your time o.

The Nigeria police should no that they are working for the entire country and are paid by the hard earned task payers money and not by the section of the country or persons in power they are currently working for if this report is true!!

Afenifere is right. The Police is mischievous on this Issue. What on Earth is wrong with Aregbesola?

Good one Afenifere....Yoruba Moslems should come and wail as usual and also pledge their loyalty to the caliphate.

ColonelDrake:
Good one Afenifere....Yoruba Moslems should come and wail as usual and also pledge their loyalty to the caliphate.

I believe the Yoruba Muslims are actually the ones given so much respect to Hausa/ fulanis even in their death bed.
smh.

You won't see all those lousy Afo nja Muslims here. They will pretend not to see this post. They are very angry now and are looking for the next Nnamdi Kanu post to vent their frustrations. Someone started a fight in your backyard and even got you arrested because you fought back. They wanted the Afo njas to sit back and clap for them as per Master and Slave things nah but forgot that Ife indigenes are mostly Christians. They then had to use the police and other security agents to challenge those they see as their slaves for standing up to them. Well, I do not blame the Abokkis because it so much pains to be disobeyed by your maid or servant.
Anyway, nothing to worry about because I know that what is going on is only a disciplinary measure to teach the Afo njas that a slave must always respect and adore his master. They will still be released but not until they spend at least a year behind bars. Next time if they hear Aboki, they will pack their clothes and loved ones and run to Osogbo or Mowe idp camp.

Hausa Fulani dealing with them slaves since 1890 bc.....
Yoruba Muslims come and bow to the sokoto caliphate as usual... Na only them Sabi produce sultan
Omenkalives is that you in the picture weeping

Lmao, the yoruba guy at the back right is already shedding tears.

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TimeManager:
Anyone who says "afonja & their master" must be an OSU, lagooner , nyanmiri and Aba made product.
Kiss the truth!

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Nonsense trash
kiss the truth

hucienda:
... paraded 20 suspects, including a traditional ruler, Oba Ademola Ademiluyi, the Lawarikan of Apojeland ...

even trado-ruler follow for suspect?

They are raping some people in broad day light at the village square

OreMI22:
Has the police arrested the fulanis that started the riot by stabbing the husband?

Has the police arrested the Fulanis that launched the crisis by molesting a married woman in Ife?

But they will arrest those who dared to defend the dignity of their women and the attack on their son?

When someone calls the country a zoo
Try to comprehend
It's not too hard
The country is faulty mehn

Yoruba Muslim.
Those terrorists arrested should be shot and use for shooting practise.
Ndi yoloba na ebe akwa

Yoloba Muslimi

mtchew

stephleena:
mtcheeeeew...afonjas and their masters.. who cares??

you can see that afoja could be bad and active if they wish they kill as much as 40

KingGBsky:


Trust our Hausa federal govt to hide anythibg that has to do with fulanis.
what pains me most is that Osinbajo, and those Buhari yoruba slaves, sorry aides will not say anything.

next target is lagos

AnambraDota:
Yoruba Muslim.

Those terrorists arrested should be shot and use for shooting practise.

Ndi yoloba na ebe akwa

l love the action but I rather prefer it to happen to Igbo

AnambraDota:
Yoruba Muslim.

Those terrorists arrested should be shot and use for shooting practise.

Ndi yoloba na ebe akwa

as if you know its only our Christian that are tolorant