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The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Public Communication and Orientation, Sunday Dare, has firmly rejected suggestions in some quarters that there is no distinction between the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, and the Yoruba nation campaigner, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho.

In a statement issued to journalists on Tuesday, Dare maintained that there is “no basis for comparison” between the two figures, stressing that their actions, methods and consequences are fundamentally different.

Dare argued that Kanu, who was recently convicted on terrorism charges by a Federal High Court in Abuja and is serving a life sentence, engaged in insurrection and armed confrontation against the Nigerian state.

He said this resulted in the deaths of more than 700 innocent people and triggered economic paralysis across the South-East.

By contrast, Dare contended that Igboho’s activism was centred on defending communities in the South-West against criminal activities attributed to rogue herders, alongside peaceful agitation for a Yoruba nation.

According to the statement: “Nnamdi Kanu’s IPOB movement involved elements widely associated with insurrection and direct confrontation against the Nigerian state.”

“This included enforcement of ‘sit-at-home’ orders (often through threats and violence), resulting in numerous deaths (reports cite over 700 fatalities linked to enforcement clashes and defiance killings).”

“Other inimical activities include attacks on security forces, destruction of public infrastructure, and the formation of armed groups like ESN.

“Kanu’s rhetoric and actions escalated to calls that many viewed as inciting violence against the state and even against his own people in the South East who defied orders.”

The statement continued: “In contrast, Sunday Igboho’s activism centered on defending Yoruba communities, primarily against alleged killings, kidnappings, and farm destructions by suspected herders. He focused on self-defense, warding off criminal elements from Yoruba land.”

“Igboho also deployed peaceful agitation for Yoruba self-determination/Oduduwa Nation without establishing a militia to fight the Nigerian military, without ordering attacks on police/soldiers, and without imposing paralysing enforcement measures like sit-at-home orders that harmed civilians or the economy in his region.”

“The line is clear: one crossed into armed rebellion and violent enforcement that affected (and sometimes harmed) his own ethnic group, while the other remained largely defensive and localised against perceived external threats, without the same level of state-targeted insurgency.”

“Public discourse should stop equating the two; the contexts, methods, and consequences are fundamentally different,” he said

truthera:
The injustice done to Nnamdi Kanu is a testament to why Nigeria can never progress as a nation.... There is no doubt that those who benefit from one Nigeria, who believe they own Nigeria will never allow the truth which Nnamdi Kanu stood for to triumph.... But they failed because in jailing him the world world can see that he was right and Nigeria was never a country founded on the basis of injustice and oppression.... A divisive entity created to never allow the prosperity of his people to prevail. I believe that Nnamdi Kanu will at the appointed time regain his freedom..
..... Nigeria as a country has sealed its own fate of damnation ....

truthera:
The injustice done to Nnamdi Kanu is a testament to why Nigeria can never progress as a nation.... There is no doubt that those who benefit from one Nigeria, who believe they own Nigeria will never allow the truth which Nnamdi Kanu stood for to triumph.... But they failed because in jailing him the whole world can see that he was right and Nigeria as a country was founded on the basis of injustice and oppression.... A divisive entity created to never allow the prosperity of his people to prevail. I believe that Nnamdi Kanu will at the appointed time regain his freedom...... Nigeria as a country has sealed its own fate of damnation ....

truthera:
The injustice done to Nnamdi Kanu is a testament to why Nigeria can never progress as a nation.... There is no doubt that those who benefit from one Nigeria, who believe they own Nigeria will never allow the truth which Nnamdi Kanu stood for to triumph.... But they failed because in jailing him the whole world can see that he was right and Nigeria as a country was founded on the basis of injustice and oppression.... A divisive entity created to never allow the prosperity of his people to prevail. I believe that Nnamdi Kanu will at the appointed time regain his freedom...... Nigeria as a country has sealed its own fate of damnation ....

fredoooooo:
Wo make una no disturb us, who no like am can go and join Kanu in sokoto..
Igbojo don move on...

JAWBONE:
This idiot should have just shut his mouth.

Nnamdi Kanu was both fighting for Biafra and defending what he considered Igbo land from Fulani Herdsmen invasion. That's why he set up ESN.
In fact, that is what made him popular

The only reason Igboho can roam freely is because Buhari left office.

DSS officials literally stormed his house in Ibadan looking to arrest him. He was simply lucky to escape.

If Buhari was still in power, and he had his way, Igboho would be in prison by now.

Igboho could not even leave Benin Republic due to Buhari's influence. Until after May 29, 2023, that was when Igboho left Benin for the first time in years

Kalashnikov49:
No matter how you dislike IGBOs reach SW will never love you.

gidgiddy:
They keep saying that Kanu’s agitation was different from Igboho's agitation, yet the houses of both men were invaded by the authorities, and several people killed

They said that Kanu was killing his own people and Igboho was protecting his own people. If Kanu was actually killing his own people, whismch he had nothing to gain by doing so, why is nobody from the South-East saying is killing them? Why is it the government and their hirelings saying so?

Let's be honest, the only reason why Kanu is in jail, and Igboho is walking around in Nigeria a free man is because a Yoruba man is President

Does anyone actually think Sunday Igboho would be walking around in Nigeria today is Buhari were still President?

kedeojo:
There is no injustice, except you are not truthful to yourself. why did kanu formed ipob and started killing people and destroying properties. if any of your family members had fell victim, will you say this nonsense.

JAWBONE:
This idiot should have just shut his mouth.

Nnamdi Kanu was both fighting for Biafra and defending what he considered Igbo land from Fulani Herdsmen invasion. That's why he set up ESN.
In fact, that is what made him popular

The only reason Igboho can roam freely is because Buhari left office.

DSS officials literally stormed his house in Ibadan looking to arrest him. He was simply lucky to escape.

If Buhari was still in power, and he had his way, Igboho would be in prison by now.

Igboho could not even leave Benin Republic due to Buhari's influence. Until after May 29, 2023, that was when Igboho left Benin for the first time in years

fredoooooo:
Kaa koolu fun yin nibe saaaaaaaddddd yeeaaset ...

Racoon:
Yeah! The double face and double standard is in the blood. Even the legendary lying liar Lai Mohammed said the same thing. Today bandits have made Oro and Kwara state one of the hotbed of the same banditry he once said is not a federal offense. Yet Lai Mohammed have not said pim. Useless tribalists in government.

Kalashnikov49:
Sunday Igboho was charged for treason.
Nnamdi kanu was charged for treason.

Sunday Igboho is walking free, even after this same Government said he was on their wanted list.

Nnamdi kanu is in jail, by the same people that set Igboho Free.

IGBOs know your true enemies.

Goonnik:
can you listen to yourself, don’t let me insult you.

Goonnik:
rest or u better start crying

Habbeyy:
incoherent jargons. Igbo never ordered his boys to kill Nigerian security officers, he never instructed his boys to burn down Lagos, why are you avoiding the fact.

Ipisi:
He said this resulted in the deaths of more than 700 innocent people and triggered economic paralysis across the South-East.


Aaaaarh. . .

xxxx999jon:
But the guy is actually right tho ....it's two different case people should stop comparing apple with orange and stop being dishonest.

Kalashnikov49:
Was Igboho charged for treason like mnk?