Sunday Igboho, a Yoruba Nation liberation fighter, has blamed his unrest on Nigeria’s current state of affairs.
Igboho remarked that if the Nigerian government had developed the country in the manner of the Benin Republic, he would not have gone on strike.
He stated that if the Nigerian government had provided for the safety of Nigerians in the same way that the Benin government had done for its residents, agitations would not have erupted.
Prof Banji Akintoye, the head of the Ilano Omo Oodua, and his deputy, Prof Wale Adeniran, spoke with Igboho in Cotonou, Benin Republic.
The freedom fighter claimed that security personnel in the Benin Republic are not as corrupt as their counterparts in Nigeria.
In contrast to the Nigerian administration, he claimed, the present President of the Benin Republic, Tallon, has been able to maintain enough protection for his population.
According to Igboho: “What was the cause of my coming out and running around to go demand a better country?
“If Nigeria were to be like the Benin Republic of today, what would have made me come out? If our country, Nigeria were like Benin, I would have no reason to agitate because there’s nothing that I want, that God hasn’t given me.
“I have been visiting Benin Republic since 1996; at that time, the police were always at checkpoints collecting bribes from motorists, but when the incumbent President got into power, he eradicated the act.
“In those days, although numerous police officers were always on the streets, stealing and killings were prevalent, but the new President brought that to a halt, and he made a law that DPOs would be held accountable for the actions of thieves operating within their jurisdictions.
“He increased the salary of the police personnel. Benin Republic police officers are paid three times more than Nigerian police officers. There are no more police checkpoints here in Benin, and no matter how far you travel, you’ll not be accosted by thieves on the highway.”
Stressing that the Benin Republic has not experienced a blackout or lacked water for “seven months,” he said the President investigates projects himself.
“If we have such a government in Nigeria, no one will agitate. Citizens will be happy in a country where the government provides stable power supply, adequate security, and adequate water supply, because that is a good government,” he said.
Since last year, the Yoruba Nation agitator has been imprisoned in Cotonou, Benin Republic.
Igboho was apprehended by security agents at a Cotonou airport while attempting to go to Germany.
After the Department of State Services (DSS) labelled him wanted, he fled Nigeria to Cotonou.
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