Nigerian Army denies being responsible for attack on Sunday Igboho’s residence

The Nigerian Army have reacted to an attack on the residence of Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, by gunmen dressed in military attire.

It was reported that at least two persons were killed and properties worth millions of naira destroyed by the assailants. Igboho’s wife and several others were also said to have been whisked away during the attack.

Leader of the umbrella body of Yoruba self-determination groups, Ilana Omo Oodua (IOO), Professor Banji Akintoye, who spoke on the development in a statement made available to newsmen by his Communications Manager Maxwell Adeleye, blamed the attack on President Muhammadu Buhari.

Akintoye alleged that the attack was carried out by elements of the Nigerian Army who were accompanied by international terrorists hired by the Nigerian government.

He further revealed that the assailants spoke French Language fluently, and also stressed that the attack on Igboho’s residence was unnecessary.

However, reacting to Akintoye’s statement, spokesman of the Nigerian Army Onyema Nwachukwu said he was not aware that Nigerian soldiers were responsible for the attack.

“There’s nothing like that; I don’t have that information. Soldiers did not carry out an attack on Igboho,” the army spokesman told the Peoples Gazette in a telephone interview.