The National Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) and Aareonakakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Adams, on Monday said insecurity across South West region would become a thing of the past within six months if governors in the region can partner OPC in their plans to tackle the menace. The 15th Yoruba generalissimo made the appeal during the celebration of the 2024 edition of Okota Festival at Arigidi-Akoko, in Akoko North West Local Government Area of Ondo State. Specifically, Adams who said it’s very unfortunate that insecurity has become a major factor that is inhibiting the growth of Nigeria noted that all efforts by both the Federal and the state government to address insecurity have failed.
His words: “For us in the southwest, all the governors need to be proactive in their decisions to properly tackle the spate of insecurity. It is not too good for us in the south west to continue to lose our people to senseless killings that have become a regular thing. “Last week, two people were killed and many other kidnapped on the Owo-Ifon road.
This is a sad experience. If you recall, in January this year, I made a suggestion to the southwest governors. I offered to join hands with the government to fight the menace of insecurity.
I told the governors that if they were willing to partner with us, the problem of insecurity would be addressed within six months. “As I stand before you today,I still stand by that promise. And I say it once again that If the southwest .