The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, has charged the criminal herdsmen in the Southwest to leave the region with immediate effect.
The Yoruba leader said that failure to adhere to the warning would mean the defaulting elements were ready to face the consequential wrath of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC).
Adam’s reaction followed the breach of Professor Wole Soyinka’s Ijegba residence by herders.
In a statement by his spokesman on Thursday, the Yoruba leader said the encroachment was a threat to the privacy of the Nobel laureate.
Adams said reports available to him from Southwest states showed that criminal herdsmen have migrated from Ibarapa in Oyo State to Yewa in Ogun State.
The Aare said this had increased the spate of insecurity, stressing that the activities of criminal Fulani herdsmen are intolerable.
-Advertisement-
READ ALSO: DRC confirms two Ebola cases in resurgence of major outbreak
In the statement, Adams also scrutinized the perceived indifference of the President, Muhammadu Buhari, about the insecurity crisis in the southwest.
“We thank God that the recent encroachment on Prof’s residence failed. The fundamental problem in this country is that we have a President that seems to be complacent on serious issues.
“It is in our own interest to continue to raise our voices against the unprecedented threats to the southwest region.”
The Aare also advised Southwest governors to boost the recruitment of OPC, Vigilante, and Hunters in Amotekun to further strengthen the security outfit.
Adams appealed to the Lagos State Government to inaugurate Amotekun as soon as possible, adding that further delay in doing so is risky.
We do everything possible to supply quality news and information to all our valuable readers day in, day out and we are committed to keep doing this.
Your kind donation will help our continuous research efforts.
-Advertisement-
-Want to get the news as it breaks?-
