Social media activist VeryDarkMan has cautioned Yoruba nation agitator Sunday Igboho and his team to exercise restraint and conduct proper investigations while carrying out operations against suspected bandits, warning that innocent people could become victims if due process is ignored.
His comments followed a viral video allegedly showing members of Sunday Igboho’s group beating some Northerners after accusing them of being bandits.
Reacting to the footage, VeryDarkMan said he watched the entire video and stressed that tackling insecurity should not result in the creation of a bigger problem through wrongful targeting of innocent people.
“Sunday Igboho, I saw a video where your boys were beating some Northerners after accusing them of being bandits. I watched the entire video, and this is the truth: you and your boys have to be really careful while carrying out this job. In the quest to solve one problem, you could end up creating another that may be even bigger than the one on the ground.
“Do proper investigations and carry out due diligence. I will also advise your team to use body cameras or go along with a cameraman. You can’t always come out to say you were involved in a g√n battle.”
Reactions from social media
@til_theng: “Shey VDM wan make e be say na only him go catch bandit again?? 🤣🤣 Na wa o! Make Superman wan dey fight Batman.”
@Bishophate: “I said this before, these people suffering for this rubbish are the innocent Hausa man. The same happened in Edo State, killing innocent Hausa men in the name that they are bandits.”
@Cryptinin: “They jailed MNK that never touched a single Northerner, but the animal Sunday Igboho beating and killing Northerners is walking free.”
@orphan_inn47280: “When @HarrisonBbi18 day go inside bush with camera the same VDM talk say na acting content lol.”
@Harjiiballer: “😂 If this one don see say another person dey do wetin he no get mind do. Na as e go on ring light talk about am dey come his mind.”
@nossky: “Sunday Igboho himself is a bandit. How can a bandit end banditry? IMPOSSIBLE! They would create more problems.”
@MaziEzike_Nedu: “VDM has been compromised! Una dey argue me. While body cameras are a smart idea, expecting freedom fighters to pause for due diligence in a jungle security crisis is detached from reality.”
@big_jp16226: “They don’t even have a cutlass.”
@Toni_Glennx: “What are they doing in the bush? Very compromised man.”
@Foxyblueu: “This is the direct result of government failing to secure lives. Vigilante justice without proper investigation will only lead to more chaos.”