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Published 14 February 2021
Early in January, a torrent of bad news started emanating from the Ibarapa axis of Oyo State. The stories were about kidnapping, attacks by killer herdsmen and destruction of farmlands across Ibarapaland.
Incidentally, those attacks were on the heels of the alarm earlier raised by Governor ‘Seyi Makinde when he declared in Saki, a key town in Oke Ogun axis of the state in December 2020, that some criminal elements were crossing the international borders into the forests around Oke-Ogun and Ibarapa. He said that the state would not allow criminal elements seize the state and terrorise its people.
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Early in January, a torrent of bad news started emanating from the Ibarapa axis of Oyo State. The stories were about kidnapping, attacks by killer-herdsmen and destructions of farmlands across Ibarapaland.
Incidentally, those attacks were on the heels of the alarm earlier raised by Governor‘Seyi Makinde when he declared in Saki, a key town in Oke Ogun axis of the state in December 2020 that some criminal elements were crossing the international borders into the forests around Oke-Ogun and Ibarapa. He said that the state would not allow criminal elements seize hold of the state and terrorise its people.
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Wale Oyewale
Residents of Ibarapa in Oyo State have urged Governor Seyi Makinde to fortify Amotekun corps, local hunters and other local security groups in the state to tackle insecurity.
They spoke during the security summit organised in some parts of the area on Saturday by the Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly, Adebo Ogundoyin.
The summit was convened as a response to the spate of kidnappings, killings, banditry, armed robbery, rape and destruction of farmlands by some killer herders in the area.
The summit, which Ogundoyin said was aimed at enabling stakeholders to assess the security situation and to suggest ways of addressing the problem, were held simultaneously at the Teachers’ Plaza, Igboora and in Idere.
Akinwale Aboluwade
The Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly, Adebo Ogundoyin, has convened security summits on the tide of kidnappings, killings, banditry, armed robbery, rape and destruction of farmlands by killer herders in Ibarapaland.
The summits, which Ogundoyin said was aimed at enabling stakeholders to assess the security situation and also suggest ways to address the problem were held simultaneously at the Teachers’ Plaza, Igboora and Idere.
The summits garnered the youth and students bodies, farmers groups, transporters, butchers, cattle sellers, religious leaders, hunters, vigilance groups and OPC among others with the Obas and chiefs in Ibarapaland.
In their comments at the summits, the residents appealed to Governor Seyi Makinde to allocate special funds and required logistics to tackle insecurity in the zone.
There is tension in Igangan, Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State due to the quit notice Sunday Igboho issued to the Fulani. The Northerners