DSS manhunt: Igboho trying to get new passport, flee Nigeria, says FG

Orders IG, DSS, NIA to prevent Yoruba activist from escaping
The Federal Government has said Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, is trying to acquire a new passport to flee the country.

It added that the government had placed Igboho on the stop-list in order to facilitate his arrest and directed the security agencies to apprehend him anywhere he is found.


In the security circle, a person whose name is on the stop-list is denied all constitutional rights and privileges a citizen is entitled to.

The Federal Government’s directive against Igboho was contained in a letter by the Nigeria Immigration Service dated July 9, 2021, addressed to the Director General, Department of State Services, the Inspector General of Police and the DG, National Intelligence Agency.

The activist, a spearhead of the separatist agitation for the Yoruba Nation, had been declared wanted by the Department of State Services on allegations of stockpiling arms to destabilise the country, which he has since denied, but his whereabouts remain unknown.


The whereabouts of Igboho, a lead figure in the separatist agitation for the Yoruba Nation, has been unknown since he narrowly escaped arrest during the July 1 midnight raid by the secret police, ahead of a major rally in support of the call for Yoruba Nation in Lagos.

Following the bloody raid on Igboho’s Sooka residence, the DSS arrested and detained 13 of Igboho’s associates, adding that during a “gun duel,” it had killed two of Igboho’s supporters later identified as Adogan and Alfa.


The International Criminal Court, on Tuesday, acknowledged a 27-page petition filed by Yoruba Nation agitators signed by the Leader of Ilana Omo Oodua, Emeritus Professor Banji Akintoye; Igboho; and 49 Yoruba self-determination groups.

The petition was filed against the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd); the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN; former Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai; and former Inspectors General of Police, Ibrahim Idris and Muhammed Adamu.


They accused the Nigerian leaders and security chiefs of genocide and crimes against humanity against the Yoruba people of Ekiti, Oyo, Osun, Ondo, Ogun, Okun Land in Kogi, and Kwara states.

The NIS letter issued to facilitate Igboho’s arrest was signed on behalf of the Comptroller General of Immigration by Assistant Comptroller General of Immigration, Investigation and Compliance, A.B. Baba.

The letter titled ‘Stop-listing of person: Adeyemo Sunday Adeniyi (aka Sunday Igboho), male, Nigerian, passport number A11613637, date of birth 10/10/1972’ was copied to all zonal controllers and control posts Nationwide.

It read, “I am directed to request that you kindly place the above-named person on stop-list. Credible intelligence revealed that Adeyemo is making efforts to obtain a police extract and/or court affidavit to enable him acquire a new Nigerian passport, apparently to facilitate his escape out of the country.

“In addition, he should be arrested wherever and whenever sighted and referred to the Director-General, Department of State Services vide letter no: S.605/A/246 dated 05 July 2021.”


The NIS spokesman, Amos Okpu, however, said he was not aware of the letter. He added that he had no update on the manhunt for Igboho.

He said, “I’m not aware of the letter. Has Ighoho been declared wanted? Well, I don’t have any information on him.”

The DSS spokesman, Peter Afunanya, has yet to respond to inquiries on the issue as at press time.

Following the raid on Igboho’s Sooka residence on July 1, Afunaya told journalists in Abuja that the raid was carried out based on an intelligence report that Igboho had stockpiled arms in his residence.

He explained that Igboho and his group, in the guise of the campaign for self-determination, had become well-armed and determined to undermine public order.

The agency presented seven AK-47 rifles allegedly recovered during the raid on Igboho’s house, as well as three pump-action guns, 30 fully charged AK-47 magazines, 5,000 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, five cutlasses, one jack-knife, one pen knife, two pistol holsters, a pair of binoculars, a wallet containing $5, local and international driving licences in his name, ATM cards, a German residence permit No. YO2N6K1NY bearing his name, two whistles, 50 cartridges and 18 walkie-talkies.

Others were three charm jackets/traditional body armour, two laptops, one Toshiba and one Compaq laptop, Igboho’s passport and those of his aides.


Afunaya claimed that five of the AK-47 rifles recovered from Igboho’s residence were snatched from the Nigeria Customs and Immigration personnel at Idi-Iroko, Ogun State.

One of our correspondents had reported moves by the secret police to track down Igboho’s financiers and supporters.

Reports said the intelligence agencies had geo-located Igboho’s hiding place but they could not storm the place for security reasons. However, Saturday PUNCH could not confirm this.


Again, alleged gunmen invade Ibarapa
Meanwhile, panic gripped residents of communities in Ibarapaland, Oyo State, on Friday night, as gunmen invaded Igangan, Ibarapa North Local Government Area of the state and allegedly opened fire on some persons.

Residents of the town told one of our correspondents that the gunmen, who allegedly dressed in Customs uniform, invaded the town around 7 pm, shot and killed an unspecified number of people they met at the entrance of the town before fleeing.

The eyewitnesses said they did not know the number of persons killed by the gunmen, but that one of the sources had claimed that one person was shot dead by the rampaging hoodlums.

The gunmen were said to have loaded themselves in four vehicles, two of which were a Toyota Hilux and Sienna.


Some of the sources claimed that hunters and vigilantes in the town, when they heard the gunshots, came out in hot pursuit of the hoodlums. The fleeing hoodlums were said to have escaped through Ayete.

The Secretary of Farmers Union, Mr Taiwo Adeagbo, who is popularly known as Akowe Agbe, also alleged that the attackers wore military uniforms.

Adeagbo said, “The attackers wore military uniforms. They opened fire on those they met when they entered the town. They shot for some minutes and before the hunters could get to where they were, they had fled.”

A resident of Ayete, who identified himself as Kamaru, also told Saturday PUNCH that the fleeing hoodlums met a motorcycle spare parts dealer on the road at Ayete and shot him to death.

He said, “The gunmen invaded Igangan again this evening (Friday) and killed some persons there. But we don’t know the actual number of those killed yet. They entered Ibarapa through Igangan, shot and killed some persons they met on the road. They wore Customs uniforms, so most people would not suspect they were criminals.

“They also killed somebody here in Ayete before they escaped. But our people are pursuing them and they are likely to catch up with them. I heard that they did not go straight but veered into a path but that road is not smooth.

“We later heard that they abandoned one of their vehicles and fled on foot into the forest. But we are living in fear now because we don’t know when they will strike again.”

The Coordinator of the Oodua People’s Congress in Oyo State, Mr Rotimi Olumo, also said his members in Ibarapa told him that the attackers wore Customs uniforms and killed one person in Igangan, one person in Ayete and a member of the Amotekun Corps at Igboora.

He said, “I issued a release about five days ago that the government should beef up security in the area. We heard that they would attack them before Eid el Kabir or on Sallah Day. Now, they have killed one person in Igangan, they killed another one in Ayete and killed another one at Igboora.

“I am receiving a briefing from our members there from time to time. The last one they shot dead at Igboora was said to be an Amotekun officer.”

The Commandant of the Amotekun in Oyo State, Col. Olayinka Olayanju (retd), could not be reached to comment on the attack. Repeated calls to his number indicated that it was engaged.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr Adewale Osifeso, when contacted, told one of our correspondents that he would confirm it and return the call. But he had yet to do so as of the time of filing this report.

Recall that suspected herdsmen had in June invaded Igangan where they set vehicles and houses ablaze, including the palace of the Asigangan of Igangan.

https://punchng.com/igboho-trying-to-get-new-passport-flee-nigeria-says-fg/

kaplip:


It was first the Ottoman empire.

No sir, it was the Soviet union.

DubaiLandLord:
I no wan dey reply your mention again, but let me show you how dull you are and why a dull thing like you do not deserve a reply from me.

The Taliban was established in 1994, while the USSR agreed to pull out her troops from Afghanistan in 1988 and all Soviet Union soldiers were out of Afghanistan by 1989.

So what year did the Russians and Talibans engaged themselves in Afghanistan and can you list out the names of some of this battles and where they took place in Afghanistan? ;

Oga just stick to your fake news and Sahara reporters posting, that's your specialty.

Roan77:


Oga just stick to your fake news and Sahara reporters posting, that's your specialty.

But I still get sense pass you

You suppose tell me thank you for schooling
you, but no problem

Bye bye

DubaiLandLord:
But I still get sense pass you

You suppose tell me thank you for schooling
you, but no problem

Bye bye

Loool

DubaiLandLord:
I no wan dey reply your mention again, but let me show you how dull you are and why a dull thing like you do not deserve a reply from me.

The Taliban was established in 1994, while the USSR agreed to pull out her troops from Afghanistan in 1988 and all Soviet Union soldiers were out of Afghanistan by 1989.

So what year did the Russians and Talibans engaged themselves in Afghanistan and can you list out the names of some of this battles and where they took place in Afghanistan? ;

Mujahideen, Taliban, they just keep changing name.

GeneralFarouq:

Mujahideen, Taliban, they just keep changing name.

I'm tired of this una ignorant and mumu talk. Una go dey talk rubbish with authority.

I'm not replying any of this kin mumu talk again... Dam!!

Stormtrooper11:

I'll prefer if we still use the 7.62x39mm caliber. Its more devastating on the enemy.
7.62x39mm caliber rifes can shoot lower caliber ammo too. I'll suggest that our military should try and make an indigenous rifle. We could make a version out of the beryls and AKs.

That's not TRUE.

The standard AK47 chambered with 7.62x39mm gives a huge amount of Recoil has less effective range ( 300 meters) and the bullet doesn't do more damage on the human body than 5.56×45mm.

If we use the HK G36 which is chambered with the 5.56x45mm. You are talking of effective range of 800 metres. Far less recoil much greater accuracy.

willybaby:
I chose to dis agree, the Taliban might be called a terrorist group but I see them more as a political group, remember they once ruled the whole of Afghanistan infact they were massively cheered into power then, secondly the Taliban is helped also by topography of where they operate, mountains valleys caves etc huge loads of them to hide in..

Boko is pure terror, a force only bent on destruction they too enjoy a little bit of aid from d society, also have sambisa and the Chad region to hide in, but Nigeria alone decimated Boko haram the Taliban I don't think has ever been wiped by USA, Russia, NATO, like we've done with Boko mind you we started the war lacking proper modern equipments to persecute asymetric warfare

Consider the bold.

Are you serious Or maybe you just joined the forum and you have been without access to a TV and or the Internet for the past decade.

As a result you are completely UNAWARE of what's been happening in Nigeria for the past decade.

DubaiLandLord:
I'm tired of this una ignorant and mumu talk. Una go dey talk rubbish with authority.

I'm not replying any of this kin mumu talk again... Dam!!

Which authority have the old mischievous reporter brought to the table....

It was painful, seeing the assassination of a Major-general of the Nigerian army. It is also a slap on the face of our army, which is the pride of our nation. If we can't secure the lives of our Generals, then no one is safe.
Technically, the security apparatus of our country has failed and collapsed. Our defence against the enemy is thin. Countless Nigerians losing their lives in "silly" circumstances. The security situation has been politicised. We had forgotten our purpose as a nation. "The fuel is still pouring into the fire".
Right now we are the gunpowder waiting to explode. Once it explodes, sub saharan africa will be worser than anything the middle east has seen.

#NAF SOF

#NA SOF

komekn:


Consider the bold.

Are you serious Or maybe you just joined the forum and you have been without access to a TV and or the Internet for the past decade.

As a result you are completely UNAWARE of what's been happening in Nigeria for the past decade.

Decimated-
To kill, destroy, or remove a large percentage or part of.

BokoHarem was rated the most dangerous terrorist group on Earth back in 2013-2014

As of 2021 Bokos are scavangers limping around virtually a single state out of 36 in a single forest in the Lake Chad region missing the majority of there seasoned leadership away from 97-98% of the Nigerian population.

The Taliban, al Qaeda etc where never swept and are rising again as we speak.

Original Boko Stomping Ground in 2013
Graph of Casualties inflicted by Bokos

AskiaHarem:
Various Nigerian Special Forces

Stop spamming the thread with reposts. In fact one of the pix isn't Nigerian

DubaiLandLord:
How are my a toxic guy Wetin I don talk here wey other people never talk?

hahaha true sha you just a modern day Nigerian.. love your comic side more

AskiaHarem:


Decimated-
To kill, destroy, or remove a large percentage or part of.

BokoHarem was rated the most dangerous terrorist group on Earth back in 2013-2014

As of 2021 Bokos are scavangers limping around virtually a single state out of 36 in a single forest in the Lake Chad region missing the majority of there seasoned leadership away from 97-98% of the Nigerian population.

The Taliban, al Qaeda etc where never swept and are rising again as we speak.

Original Boko Stomping Ground in 2013
Graph of Casualties inflicted by Bokos

God bless you till you die an old fulfilled Man.. Nigerians truly are the enemies of Nigeria..

I reapeat infact let me add politics since BUHARI came into power NIGERIA HAS DECIMATED BOKO WAHALA wotowoto...... All Boko fans go sit on an IED

Wait oo, our Tucano's dey come by sea? How many days gone now??

cutievik:
Wait oo, our Tucano's dey come by sea? How many days gone now??

Probably they're already in the country has we speak.
The present Military HQ top brass especially the Airforce are very secretive now, the UAV have been delivered and we didn't know anything about it.
But it will take minimum of two days, don't forget there will be many stop overs before to get to Nigeria evebtually.

A few weeks ago, I saw a tweet about how the NA is ill using armored tanks and other force multiplying platforms by using them to defend bases/garrisons rather than one being used to take out ISWAP's heavy equipment during offensive to make it easier for infantry to clear up the terrorists and that's the absolute truth.
I believe this is intentional, the military wants the war to drag on for several years so that they can get as much funding as possible.

Majority of NA's armored tanks, IFVs, MRAPs and others destroyed by BH/ISWAP were destroyed when the terrorist attack bases either by burning from inside or throwing a grenade inside while they are unmanned!!!

All these nonsense of "it's terrorists territory few kilometers outside of garrisoned towns" won't be happening if tanks and IFVs as support platforms are used for patrols rather than the suicide guntrucks. Those platforms are designed to withstand RPG hits and that's the best the terrorists have.

Whyem15:
A few weeks ago, I saw a tweet about how the NA is ill using armored tanks and other force multiplying platforms by using them to defend bases/garrisons rather than one being used to take out ISWAP's heavy equipment during offensive to make it easier for infantry to clear up the terrorists and that's the absolute truth.
I believe this is intentional, the military wants the war to drag on for several years so that they can get as much funding as possible.

Majority of NA's armored tanks, IFVs, MRAPs and others destroyed by BH/ISWAP were destroyed when the terrorist attack bases either by burning from inside or throwing a grenade inside while they are unmanned!!!

All these nonsense of "it's terrorists territory few kilometers outside of garrisoned towns" won't be happening if tanks and IFVs as support platforms are used for patrols rather than the suicide guntrucks. Those platforms are designed to withstand RPG hits and that's the best the terrorists have.

Bros, please share this link with us..

cutievik:


Bros, please share this link with us..

It was just a comment under a post about ISWAP's attack on NA base last month where they burnt a tank. I doubt I can find the comment again.

Mind you, seems the attack on kawuri was pretty large some of the pictures posted by the terrorists featured them burning a panhard and a mowag piranha AFV that both looked as though they've been out of operation several years ago.

The terrorists seem to be fielding more of the SPG-9 that was seen to be destroyed by NAF some weeks ago as seen in a propaganda video from one of their bases in sambisa. This time around, they positioned it under a tree to prevent it from being noticed by NAF

A modern tank will still come out fine from an attack from this type of weapon.
The range is even more ridiculous, fire once and you've given your location out to a tank/IFV/artillery and before they fire the next round, the terrorists should be gone.

Maybe part of the weapons seized from JAS.
Probably passed down by ISIS or from Libya. NA doesn't field it neither does any of our neighbors.

cutievik:
Wait oo, our Tucano's dey come by sea? How many days gone now??

They are being flown not transported by sea.

where is patches689 ? see who is laughing now.

Will the Military carry out a massive operation this year?

My LGA has been attacked by ISWAP 10times in 5weeks (Ambushes and FOBs) Tho they’ve not attacked the Brigade in the main town. Should we sit down and watch knowing fully well they are picking up the small FOBs around and waiting for the big catch (My HQ Brigade)

GreenOris:
where is patches689 ?
see who is laughing now.

Whyem15:



It was just a comment under a post about ISWAP's attack on NA base last month where they burnt a tank. I doubt I can find the comment again.

Mind you, seems the attack on kawuri was pretty large some of the pictures posted by the terrorists featured them burning a panhard and a mowag piranha AFV that both looked as though they've been out of operation several years ago.

The terrorists seem to be fielding more of the SPG-9 that was seen to be destroyed by NAF some weeks ago as seen in a propaganda video from one of their bases in sambisa. This time around, they positioned it under a tree to prevent it from being noticed by NAF

A modern tank will still come out fine from an attack from this type of weapon.
The range is even more ridiculous, fire once and you've given your location out to a tank/IFV/artillery and before they fire the next round, the terrorists should be gone.

it's the same one NAF destroyed
Remember it's a "Propaganda video"

GeneralFarouq:


Which authority have the old mischievous reporter brought to the table....

Mtchewwwwwww

You no get talk boy... lier wey no get shame

bidexiii:



Probably they're already in the country has we speak.
The present Military HQ top brass especially the Airforce are very secretive now, the UAV have been delivered and we didn't know anything about it.
But it will take minimum of two days, don't forget there will be many stop overs before to get to Nigeria evebtually.

I think only the winglong has arrived cos the Air chief mentioned last week while visiting gov of bayelsa that the armed drones will arrive this month.

Toju200:
it's the same one NAF destroyed
Remember it's a "Propaganda video"

Nope, I don't think so.