Unite Against Insecurity - Igboho to Yoruba Monarchs
Last update: January 20, 2026
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Sunday Igboho urges Yoruba traditional rulers to unite and focus on tackling rising insecurity...
Yoruba nation activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has appealed to traditional rulers across Yorubaland to set aside personal differences and ego and unite in the fight against rising insecurity in the South-West.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, Igboho described it as “unimpressive” that prominent traditional rulers, whose stools played crucial roles in the historical evolution of the Yoruba people, were engaged in internal disputes at a time of growing security challenges in the region.
CBI News reports that Igboho was reacting to the ongoing faceoff between the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, and the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade, over the rotational chairmanship of the Oyo State Council of Obas.
According to him, the royal fathers have far more pressing issues to confront, particularly the activities of bandits, terrorists and other criminal elements who, he said, have taken over forests across the South-West.
Igboho urged the monarchs to remain symbols of unity and drivers of economic growth, stressing that their collective responsibility should be the protection of their people rather than disputes over what he described as ephemeral positions.
He also called for the intervention of respected Yoruba leaders, including the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, and the Olugbon of Orile Igbon, Oba Francis Olushola Alao, to help defuse tensions surrounding the permanent chairmanship of the Oyo State Council of Obas.
“Why should our royal fathers dissipate energy on positions when bandits, terrorists and other criminal elements have taken over our forests in the South West, considering the recent ignoble killings of guards in Old Oyo National Park and a few other parts of Oyo State?” Igboho asked.
He added, “It is critical for traditional rulers, irrespective of hierarchy, to close ranks in protecting Yoruba territorial integrity against ravaging insecurity, foster unity and healthy development in the collective interest of the South West.”
Igboho further stressed that traditional rulers should continue to serve as agents of cohesiveness, harmony and economic growth.
“When your subjects, most especially farmers in rural communities, are being gruesomely murdered, it is not ideal to promote disputes over ephemeral positions,” he said.
