as Sunday Igboho, does not need much
introduction. He is not an ordinary person to many people; some say he is so powerful that you can’t even seat beside or touch him. Others say he is an oppressor. In this exclusive interview with OLAKUNLE TAIWO, he speaks on his kind of person and what he has been doing with his powers, the secret behind his closeness with Prince Kazeem Eletu-Odibo, among others.
Excerpts:
Q. You recently received an award as the “Akoni
Oodua”. How did you feel?
Well, I feel very happy about it. And I am
happy that my very good friend, Prince Kazeem
Austin Eletu-Odibo, also received an award as
the Most Resourceful/Dynamic Entrepreneur. It
was indeed a great occasion because we were
awarded alongside powerful Nigerians from
different sectors such as Chief Aliko Dangote, Mr
Babatunde Fashola, King Sunny Ade, just to
mention a few. Our presence was felt and we will
forever be grateful to God.
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Q. Sunday Igboho is a household name, how have
you been using your powers to help the people,
because some believe you are an oppressor?
Thank God that you are a media person. Have
you ever seen me in the papers with terrible
headlines? If anybody says I have cheated him
before, let him come out and say that. A lot of
people don’t really know me; they just go out
there and talk gibberish just to paint me bad.
For Heaven’s sake, security agencies cannot
watch a killer or oppressor walk around freely.
In fact, top police and other security officers
are my friends. Why haven’t they arrested me
or charged me to court? You know, those whose
bad or evils deeds have been blocked by me are
the ones inciting the public. But I am not bad in
the face of my creator because I love to do
whatever he says. There are some things I
passionately dislike and, that is, if you are a
betrayal, thief, oppressor and liar, then you
are my enemy. You must have been hearing on
radio how people who God has used me for
praise the name of God through me. It is
because I have been used by God to help them in
one way or the other.
Sometimes ago, a woman came to me and
started crying that she was duped of about
N500million by one Chief Olowotutu, who
happened to be the head of fraudsters then in
Ibadan, before I handed the fraudster over to
the EFCC for investigation, I had already
helped the woman recover about N200million.
Also, there was a case of a man, Omitola
Oluseyi, last year (2016), who was threatened by
the ex militants.
Q. How do you mean?
This man was introduced to oil business by one of
his friends, who later introduced him to a
notorious oil bunker named T.K. He told me he
used to buy stolen petrol (PMS) from the
militant in large quantity but later the business
was intercepted and no longer booming. So while
looking for a greener pasture he found himself
at Nigeria/Seme border trying to make ends
meet.
During the interception period, T.K had become
a notorious robber. So, one day, Seyi was called
to arrange for a truck that could convey
ammunition across Seme border but
unfortunately for them Seyi refused to do the
job. But a few days later T.K called Seyi and
threatened to deal with him if he tells anybody
about their plan.
To cut the story, the police killed TK and some
of his gangsters in that operation which Seyi
refused to help them to convey the ammunition.
The matter got worse when TK group members
believed Seyi had given the police the
information and since then they were after his
life. So, when he was always running to me all
the time, I told him he cannot report the case
to the police due to the nature of his job, so I
advised him to leave the country because he
could be killed eventually. Then I introduced
him to a lawyer who filed his traveling
documents. In fact someone told me they are
still trying to locate him.
Q. Do you know his whereabouts?
For security reasons, I wouldn't want to disclose
that.
Q. How do you think the government can curb
the activities of this group?
What I can say is that everything is about
politics. But it will be good if something is quickly
done.
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Q. You didn’t mention that you are a
philanthropist. A lot of people have come here
(his house) today to seek for help and nobody
went out without smiling?
(Laughs) It is left for people to say that. Just
like Prince Kazeem Eletu-Odibo, I don’t like
boasting when I help people. When you help
people and you keep silence, God appreciates it
more than you shouting so that people can know
you have helped.
Q.
You and this Prince Kazeem always;what
is the secret behind your closeness?
Hmmm.There is a strongbut
natural tie between and maybe we have so many similarities.
Prince Kazeem Eletu-Odibo does not get angry easily, he wouldn’t envy you. If he sees a needy, he can go to any length just to make the person
happy. He hates to see people suffer or have
problems. There is no amount of money he can’t
give out. Meanwhile, he is neither a fraudster
nor an armed robber but it pleases him to spend
almost all his hard-earned money to put smiles
on people’s face.
Now let me tell you the secret behind why I love
him so much, he hates cheating. So, I thought
that so I could still find someone who detests
cheating people to the core and loves to help no
matter the situation like me. More so, he is very
hard working, just like me. To show you the
extent to which I so much love and respect him,
I have told God I don’t want to know his
graveyard. He is someone that there is nothing I
can’t do because of him. If he is not happy with
someone, I am also not happy with the person. I
can fight the person with my last breath. But
most of the time he doesn’t like to show me that
he is not in good terms with anybody because he
knows that person may be in trouble.
Q. Is there a covenant between you both?
No. Like I said, when you see someone who is like
you but powerless, you can go extra-mile to
protect him. Sometimes I used to suspect whether
my father had twins and didn’t tell me. You
know, he is young, agile, intelligent and
philanthropic by nature. You can’t measure how
much he spends on helping the needy on a daily
basis from the money he seriously laboured for.
You know, he understands how the needy feel
because he has once suffered before God
answered his prayers. And those are the kind of
people I love to be associated with.
If we have plenty of Prince Kazeem in this
world, oh my God, this world would be a better
place. One day he called me and said he wanted
me to go to the U.S and bring home his mother.
Given my status, nobody can send me such an
errand but believe me, I ran quickly to the U.S.
One of my wives called me to come and sign a
document abroad, I ignored it and even
cancelled my own schedule to let you know how
much I love him. In fact, Senator Ladoja whom
I have so much respect for cannot send me such
an errand and expect me to go. I would just tell
him I am busy. Because of him alone, I have
decided not to visit some big shots in the
country because he doesn’t like their person. I
love him more than my mother. In fact, I have
prayed to God to add 20 years from my age to
his own I will be very happy.
Q. Why is it the love that much?
I don’t know the cause. If I were to be a
woman, I could marry him; if he offends me I
wouldn’t get angry. There is nothing he can do
that can get me angry. Very soon, we are going
to America together to receive another award.
Please note, God has blessed us both with more
resources to help the people. So I am not with
him because of his own wealth. I am also very
rich. I just pray to God to bless him with age so
that we can do a lot together. And do you know
what? It is vice versa. If he learns that I have
headache, he may be crying and before you
know it, he would have called all the doctors in
the world. He loves me so much and I don’t
know why too than what I have said earlier. In
fact, our wives ask us why we love each other this
much. If his mother wants him to do anything,
she calls me and likewise my mother too calls
him to talk to me in some situations. My wives
and mother know that when he says “Baba,
egboju” (Daddy please ignore that) my mind
automatically settles.
Q. Let’s talk about your family life. You are
always travelling to Canada or Germany on a
monthly basis. What are you looking for sir? Or
is it for business?
Yes. I import cars from those countries, but
most times I travel to see my families. You know
it is only the father who the kids have his fear
at heart. So, I am always around to put them
through and train them in our own way because
our culture is the best. Let me give you an
instance; one day I was out with my kids in a
popular city in Germany and my white friend
came around. When he got closer, my kids
prostrated and greeted him. He was surprised
and asked me to call them back. I called them
back and they prostrated the second time to
greet him. He was dazed and said “Please can
you train my children this way?” We laughed
over it later but the fact is that our culture
remains the best but we seem to have lost it
gradually.
Q. So, what remains your saddest and happiest
day?
The day Senator Ladoja was impeached as Oyo
State governor was my saddest day and when he
was restored was my happiest day.
Q. What do you do when you are always alone?
I love playing game.
Q. What about chatting or pinging?
I don’t have time for that. I don’t like long
chat. I like when people hit the nail on the
head.
Q. Lastly, do you still have those powers to
disappear and do those miraculous things?
God has not said it is finished for me. I believe
this life is a movie and once it ends, that is the
final. You know now there is no war now unlike
then when we were fighting the enemies. My
brother you the Ife/Modakeke war was not a
child’s play. I can remember during the war
when I was surrounded by enemies and I
disappeared amidst them. But here I am today
and still very much relevant many years after
the war. I still say that man can only be
powerful and relevant if God approves of it. My
father was more powerful and nobody heard
about him until his death in our hometown. But
God just decided to ordain me and make me
who I am today.
Let me say this, Baba Adedibu (may his soul rest
in peace) used to say that if a powerful or
influential man maintains that for 10 years
and did not fall, then find out the cause. He
must be very humble, respectful and takes life
or things easy. At least, people have been
listening to Sunday Igboho for more than
10years now. Know this that if Auxiliary knew he
would end his life in jail, he would have taken
things easy. And many powerful people like that
who have abused God’s powers given to them
instead of using it to glorify him.
Q. So, who inherits your powers?
Of course I would love any of my children to
inherit them. My father empowered me, so I
have to empower my children too. In fact one of
my children used to says “Daddy I don’t forget
all those things you teach me. I will recite it
when next you come here”.
Culled from Omonaijablog
Credit: Arems Adedotun & Taiwo Olakunle
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