Igangan: No Reconciliation Yet! – Seriki Fulani

The dust is yet to settle over the crisis in Igangan in the Ibarapa North-West Local Council Development Area of Oyo State between the indigenes and Fulani. The embattled Seriki Fulani of Igangan, Alhaji Saliu Abdulkadri has disclosed that his family has moved temporarily to Ilorin, Kwara State.

Yoruba rights activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho had given herdsmen in the area a seven-day eviction notice at the end of which he stormed Abdulkadri’s residence last weekend to instigate the exit.

However, speaking to The Punch, the Seriki Fulani said: “I have not been called for any meeting as we speak. If we are asked to return to Igangan where are we going to live? My house and vehicles had been completely razed.

“But if given opportunity to return to the community I would consider moving back to Igangan.

“When we were sent out of Igangan, we moved to Ilorin in Kwara State. As we speak I am in the north but my children are in Ilorin. I have a building in Ilorin.”

The Seriki Fulani said he is not guilty of any offence against his hosts.

He denied some of the other accusations raised against him.

“I don’t have anything to say because I did not offend any member of the community. The hoodlums who are indigenes of Igangan were once arrested and they are still at the Agodi Correctional Facility in Ibadan. Their ringleader is called Janbele; he is with the police now. That is one of the issues that are causing animosity between us and members of the community.”

“On the day when Fatai was killed, the hoodlums held both the Yoruba and Fulani people hostage. They all witnessed as Fatai was pleading and assuring them that he was ready to pay any amount as ransom. His killers were said to have refused to accept his money,” the Seriki Fulani said.

“My family relates well with members of Fatai’s family. They are our friends and we maintained healthy relationship. My daughters usually worked on his farm during harvest time.

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