By Aderonke Ajayi
Oyo State people are an interesting lot. They boast that they don’t copy anyone while all others are free to struggle to do as Oyo does. Whenever the nation is in the labour room preparatory to birthing a major occurrence, Oyo, especially, Ibadan, its capital, is a barometer to measure it. Nigeria is in the middle of a security crisis and the South West is in it too, very involved. It is thus necessary to look at how Oyo is beating back or beating off the wind of insecurity blowing everywhere in Nigeria.
Nigeria’s south is no stranger to battling serious security problems. In recent times, a particularly baffling one had presented in the form of herdsmen killing people and laying waste to farms. That problem was anticipated to go into a suppressed state with the advent of the regional security network, the Amotekun Corps. And the initiative of the South West governors is truly proving to be so much help in keeping farmers and other residents safe and the murde