The Sarikin Fulani of Igangan in Ibarapa Local Government Area of Oyo State, Salihu AbdulKadri, has denied conniving with kidnappers operating in the area as alleged by Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho. Abdulkadri also denied any knowledge of the killing of one Dr. Aborode.
AbdulKadir who spoke in Yoruba language while addressing a news conference in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, said all the allegations against him were concocted by Sunday Igboho with the sole purpose of getting the Fulani out of Igangan and other parts of Yoruba land.
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He, therefore, called on the Emirs and other traditional rulers in the 19 Northern states to come to the rescue of the Fulani residents in the South- West.
He equally called on the Federal government to probe the burning of his house, vehicles and the killing of seven of his men in Igangan by alleged agents of Sunday Igboho. Abdulkadir put the cost damage from the attack on his house at over N500 million.
(Edited by Oloyede Oworu)