https://www.premiumtimesng.com/features-and-interviews/442313-special-report-inside-story-of-how-sunday-igboho-rose-to-prominence.html

Post-crisis
After the crisis, Mr Igboho joined the Modakeke branch of the National Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in the state under the leadership of a man popularly known as “Double”.


Some NURTW members who spoke with PREMIUM TIMES said Mr Igboho was one of the loyalists of ‘Mr Double’ and they were both known for collecting revenue and dues from transporters at motor parks.

“Sunday Igboho could not later go back to his job as a motorcycle mechanic, hence he joined the NURTW business under his boss called Double,” said an NURTW member who did not want to be identified.

“He later bought his bus. It was at that time that got another nick “Majasola” and was often regarded as “Igboho Majasola” by many residents of the community.

“Double and Igboho later made move to register Okada riders under NURTW even though riders had their association and that was how another internal crisis started in Modakeke with Igboho being one of the trouble makers.”

Multiple sources present in Modakeke during the crisis said Mr Igboho and his colleagues also seized the opportunity of the crisis between NURTW members and motorcycle riders to reportedly rob most shop owners in the town.


When asked for more details and his account on the then crisis, the current leader of Modakeke NURTW, who simply identified himself as Amori, confirmed being a witness of the saga.

He told our correspondent: “I don’t want to start narrating all that happened then. It was a sad incident and I don’t even have any link to Igboho since he left Modakeke in 2004”.

Igboho ‘evicted’
PREMIUM TIMES was able to locate the residence of one of those tackling insecurity and all forms of thuggery in Modakeke then and he gave an account of how Mr Ignoho was forced to leave the town.

Speaking with our correspondent, Adetunji Adesiyan, the secretary of Modakeke Peace Committee in early 2000, said ‘’Mr Igboho ran away from the town after some youth attempted to ‘kill’ him for being one of those terrorising the community’’.

“After the Ile-Ife and Modakeke crisis, people felt relaxed and they were trying to return to their respective businesses. It was at that point that Okada riders and NURTW members started another internal crisis within Modakeke.

“This was as a result of an announcement by Isamotu Double who was Igboho’s boss that all Okada riders in the town should come and register under him. The Okada guys resisted this and that was how internal killings began. At least I know of three close individuals who lost their lives in the battle.

“Igboho supported Double then and there was one guy called Okrika who was leading the bike men’s squad. It was bloody to the extent that students were not going to school and businesses were disrupted. This was around 2004.

‘’The incessant crisis led to the bringing together of “Modakeke Peace Committee which was headed then by Yekin Awopetu while I served as the secretary. The peace committee started raiding the NURTW guys and the Okada riders’ hideouts with the support of the police.

“We got the backing of the DPO at Oke Ibutu. We placed a ban on NURTW and Okada riders’ union. When some of them like Okrika who was leading the motorcyclist resisted, community youths unleashed an attack on him.

“We declared all of them including Igboho wanted and many others ran away. Double who happened to be Igboho’s boss was also killed when he refused to allow peace reign.

“The day people concluded that they were going to kill Igboho, he ran to the police station for rescue. He escaped through the fence while his car was burnt into ashes. That was how he got to Ibadan. We rejected him here (Modakeke) by forcing him out of our town”.

Ibadan ‘thug’, allegations
On getting to Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, Mr Igboho joined the NURTW in the state and through his activities, he met former governor, Lam Adesina.

From late Mr Adesina, he became closer to the former governor, Rashidi Ladoja, and was involved in the combative politics between the late political leader, Lamidi Adedibu, and Mr Ladoja.


He acted as the latter’s bodyguard throughout the tussle and also led the camp of Mr Ladoja in the violence that occurred then.

Mr Ladoja was illegally removed as governor in 2006 following a political disagreement he had with the late Mr Adedibu. He was later returned after 11 months through a court order.

Before now, Mr Igboho has been accused of land grabbing, using armed thugs against original owners of such lands but he has also in the past defended himself against the allegations on several occasions, saying he only fights on land matters “when he is invited to do so”.

He claimed that his known job is ‘’buying and selling of cars’’.

Mr Igboho did not respond to PREMIUM TIMES’ enquiries via phone calls and text messages seeking his account of his days at Modakeke and how he left to become popular again in Ibadan.

I'm surprised that someone who contributed to the rot of the society is now seen as hero

Now the smear campaign all in a futile attempt to obfuscate the real issue which is the issue of herdsmen killing farmers, raping and kidnapping law abiding citizens.

Guestlander:
Now the smear campaign all in a futile attempt to obfuscate the real issue which is the issue of herdsmen killing farmers, raping and kidnapping law abiding citizens.

If Igboho had limit himself to herdsmen issue it will have been better for him but he wanted to copy Nnamdi Kanu

ooo

all this people no get beta past

Biodun556 if I start listing the atrocities of your paymaster ojuyobo Tinubu, and his Lap dog Musiliyu aro Oluomo.

But I understand where man work, man must chop keep doing your propaganda job.

Biodun556:


If Igboho had limit himself to herdsmen issue it will have been better for him but he wanted to copy Nnamdi Kanu

How long did it take the president to even utter a word regarding the herdsmen issue? The herdsmen started killing people in the middle belt more than 6 years ago, sometimes changing the names of the villages after displacing the original inhabitants.

The herdsmen issue is not different from the self determination issue because if your government can no longer protect you and you have nowhere else to go to then the onus is on you to protect yourself.

the Op is a popular B∆stard !

kestolove95:
all this people no get beta past

you get? I mean better past? Pot calling kettle black. Yeye yin

What do you expect from a northern news agency

Biodun556:
I'm surprised that someone who contributed to the rot of the society is now seen as hero

Buhari whose ass you lick like butter was a serial coup plotter. Yet you voted for him to become a democratic president. Not only that he was indirectly responsible for the death of corp members in 2011.

Tinubu is the grand patron of NURTW in Lagos. Yet you want him to be the next president.

May I ask on what moral grounds you stand to castigate Sunday Igboho

Biodun556:
I'm surprised that someone who contributed to the rot of the society is now seen as hero

Can u say the same thing about mcoluomo?

Hatchet job by Fulani slaves

Biodun556:
I'm surprised that someone who contributed to the rot of the society is now seen as hero

What has your father done to clean the rot ?
Biodun, oloriburuku omo ale ni e.
Don't worry Fulani terrorists would soon reach your door steps

Agbegbaorogboye:


Buhari whose ass you lick like butter was a serial coup plotter. Yet you voted for him to become a democratic president. Not only that he was indirectly responsible for the death of corp members in 2011.

Tinubu is the grand patron of NURTW in Lagos. Yet you want him to be the next president.

May I ask on what moral grounds you stand to castigate Sunday Igboho

Oloriburuku omo Irankiran ni bobo yen ke.
Imagine the nonsense he's saying

This op is one of those things one has to avoid. Fronting with a Yoruba name while his body language reeks of Fulani, cow and terrorist. Karma will visit all of you one way or the other.

Biodun556:


If Igboho had limit himself to herdsmen issue it will have been better for him but he wanted to copy Nnamdi Kanu

So what else has he done aside chase your killer herdsmen brothers from Yoruba land and demand for freedom?

They have started dishing out their usual lies.

kestolove95:
all this people no get beta past

Abi o

.

Just imagine what a brainless zombies is clutching to just to give a dog a bad in order to hang it.I am not a Yoruba man, but Sunday Igboho is a figure who truly fought for the emancipation SW from the clutches of death the Fulanis are subjecting his people in the SW.

I wont be surprised the regime is behind this senseless publication because anyone who threatens their evil lay hold on power is an enemy who must be destroyed @ all cost.Isah Pantami, Garba Shehu, Sheikh Gumi etc have openly identified with the atrocities of bandits or terrorists, yet they are not only in govt but still advocating for these evil people.I give up on Nigeria.

Joromi1:
So what else has he done aside chase your killer herdsmen brothers from Yoruba land and demand for freedom?

Just imagine.Just as Lai Mohammed said Shiehk Gumi is a better person than MNK.

Glorified miscreant

Gondonu:
Just imagine what a brainless zombies is clutching to just to give a dog a bad in order to hang it.I am not a Yoruba man, but Sunday Igboho is a figure who truly fought for the emancipation SW from the clutches of death the Fulanis are subjecting his people in the SW.

I wont be surprised the regime is behind this senseless publication because anyone who threatens their evil lay hold on power is an enemy who must be destroyed @ all cost.Isah Pantami, Garba Shehu, Sheikh Gumi etc have openly identified with the atrocities of bandits or terrorists, yet they are not only in govt but still advocating for these evil people.I give up on Nigeria.

u are still surprise so all diz thing that is happening so u don't know that diz government are d sponsor of fulani herdsman

Mc oluomo is worse than igboho and still control Lagos

Sunday Igboho is a thug,
Nnamdi Kanu is a terrorist,
Gana of Benue is a thug,
The new head of Benue Vigilante is a Bokoharam member,

Q:What do these guys all have in common?
A:They all had conflict with Herdsmen, miyeti allah and MACBAN

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El-Rufai: It is wrong to compare bandits with Nnamdi Kanu
3 hours ago — Asked if Boko Haram and bandits should be treated with the same swiftness that led to Kanu's arrest, El-Rufai said, “No

This government formed the act of media propaganda and blackmail in this country.

Over the course of 6 years they have perfected this act. I pity who no fear the vultures and hyenas currently running this country.

dettolgel:
This government formed the act of media propaganda and blackmail in this country.

Over the course of 6 years they have perfected this act. I pity who no fear the vultures and hyenas currently running this country.

Stop deceiving ourselves. Sunday Igboho is a criminal. He is among the those destroying the society.