The Oodua Peoples Congress has come out to say that the Federal Government should stop making life difficult for agitators.

OPC recently revealed this via a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Barrister Yinka Oguntimehin, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, the truth is that clamping down on agitators for self-determination can eventually lead to national crisis, so it must be avoided.

He added that the treatment meted out to Igboho in Nigeria and also in Cotonou is very unpleasant and that shouldn’t be the case.

His words, “The treatment meted out to Igboho in Nigeria and also in Cotonou as very unpleasant, insisting that Federal Government ought to know that the citizens have rights and that such rights must be protected under the law.”

“Unfolding events have shown that there are lapses in the way the FG handles cases of self-determination agitators like Sunday Igboho, and I will like to state it clearly that the FG must desist from clamping down on self-determination agitators because such move can only fuel national crisis.”

“The FG has been silent on the extradition order because it might trigger more crisis. You cannot treat Igboho the Nnamdi Kanu way, it would not work, so I am appealing to the FG to learn from history and ensure that the fundamental human rights of the citizens are protected in such a way that we can begin to appreciate the fact that we truly follow the tenets of democracy.”

“What Federal Government came up with were mere allegations against Ighoho such as trafficking in arms and inciting violence that could result in the social disturbance without evidence and the Government of Benin Republic had considered all that to be untenable and insufficient to warrant extradition.”

“The case has been adjourned till Monday 26th July to allow the Federal Government bring up whatever evidence they may have, and Mr. lgboho has been taken back to the police custody.”