I Have No Hand in Igangan Attack - Sarkin Fulani Blames Security Operatives -

I Have No Hand in Igangan Attack – Sarkin Fulani Blames Security Operatives

The evicted Sarkin Fulani of Oyo State, Alhaji Saliu Abdulkadir has denied media reports that he is behind the fresh attack on Igangan community.

The Sarkin Fulani, who also condemned the attacks, tasked security agencies to do their job in arresting the perpetrators.

In an interview with Daily Trust, Abdulkadir said it was wrong to have linked the attacks on the palace Asigangan of Igangan, Oba Lasisi Adeoye, to him.He said many herders also suffered casualties during the attacks and even said one Fulani man who was neither a cattle rearer nor trader and who has been living in Igangan since 60s was killed on Monday in reprisal attack on several Fulani settlements.

The Sarkin stressed that he has no hand in the attacks and has no mercenary anywhere to attack the people on his behalf.

“They killed my people, destroyed my properties, I know nothing about the attacks. If I had the mercenaries, I would have defended myself when my palace was invaded by Sunday Igboho and his men.

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“I have lost everything. I have been living from hands to mouth. I don’t have any mercenaries fighting for me. I leave everything in the hand of God.”

The evicted Sarkin Fulani who is currently in Ilorin, Kwara State, blamed the attack on failure of security agencies, saying if the security agencies had been proactive, such would not have occurred.

Sarkin Fulani called on the Federal Government to intervene in the happenings in Ibarapa zone, saying while the state government is doing its part to restore peace to the warring communities, it requires the support of the federal government to achieve lasting peace in the zone.