Gan Allah Fulani Development Association of Nigeria has demanded compensation of Sarikin Fulani Igangan, Alh Salihu AbdulKadir, who was displaced from Igangan in Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State.
The association also called on the Federal and Oyo State governments to ensure the return of the displaced leader to Igangan.
The association asked the governments to compensate the Sarkin Fulani for losses he and his people suffered as a result of the attack on their settlement led by the Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Igboho.
In addition, the group demanded the prosecution of Sunday Igboho and his supporters who were part of the attack on the Sarkin Igangan.
These demands were contained in a statement issued by the association after a visit by the leaders who visited Alhaji Salihu in Ilorin, Kwara State, where he relocated to after he was displaced from Ibarapa.
The association showed surprise that since after the event, nothing has been done against the mastermind of the Sarikin’s eviction from Igangan.
“To our greatest surprise and dismay, up to this moment Sunday Igboho is moving freely as if nothing happened,” the association said.
“The GADFAN, therefore, calls on the federal and Oyo State governments to ensure that justice is done to Salihu AbdulKadir and his people by way of not only ensuring that Igboho and his boys are apprehended and brought to book but that Sarkin Fulani and his people be compensated and returned to their homes.
“The attack led to the burning and total destruction of all his (Sarkin Fulani Igangan) houses, household items, and his animals that include cows, sheep, goats, turkeys, a school, shops, and a mosque; all worth over N500 million.”
“We are already in consultation with our lawyers and we will soon take all the necessary legal steps if nothing is done by the relevant authorities to address the issue.”
