{"id":39428,"date":"2021-01-29T14:33:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T14:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=39428"},"modified":"2021-01-29T14:33:09","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T14:33:09","slug":"falana-states-why-itll-be-difficult-to-arrest-sunday-igboho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=39428","title":{"rendered":"Falana states why it\u2019ll be difficult to arrest Sunday Igboho"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Falana-1.jpg\" alt=\"Falana throws weight against restructuring, says it won\u2019t guarantee unity\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Famous human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has stated why it will be difficult to arrest popular Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho for issuing an ultimatum to herdsmen to vacate Igangan, Ibarapa area of Oyo State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Falana who was speaking on Friday as guest of a Channels TV programme said that the failure of the Federal Government to take actions when some Northern Governors repatriated Almajiris back to their home states shows that the issue of security in Nigeria is being politicized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking further during the TV programme,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/falana-backs-akeredolus-eviction-notice-to-herders-says-presidency-jeopardising-national-security\/\">Falana<\/a>\u00a0also recalled that the government did not deem it necessary to arrest a Northerner who once asked Igbos living in the North to quit, saying, \u201cit is going to be difficult and inequitable to go for Sunday Igboho.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Falana further added that; \u201cPresident Muhammadu Buhari has just said he\u2019s not going to politicize the issue of security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut the security situation in this country is already politicized. We do not have the same standard. That\u2019s why we run into problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen governors, recently in some states in the North, forcefully removed Almajiris and deported them back to their States of Origin, nobody protested on their behalf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf you do not protect the interest of Almajiris, why will you protect the interest of herders in any part of the country? This is why we have to maintain the same standard at all times and operate under the rule of law,\u201d Falana submitted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Famous human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has stated why it will be difficult to arrest popular Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho for issuing an ultimatum to herdsmen to vacate Igangan, Ibarapa area of Oyo State. 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