Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has made known his
administration’s plans to stop the killing and kidnapping by suspected Fulani
herdsmen in Ibarapa area of the state.
Makinde’s action followed a meeting held with
representatives of Igangan, Ibarapa land on Sunday.
The meeting was attended by security stakeholders, among
whom was the Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Ngozi Onadeko.
The meeting was as a result of the attack on Fulani settlement in Igangan after Sunday Igboho visited the area on Friday, being the deadline for his quit notice to the herdsmen, whom he accused of killing, kidnapping and raping indigenes of the area.
In a statement on Wednesday, Makinde said his government had
come up with a security strategy for that zone.
The governor said he would redeploy 200 members of the Oyo
State Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Amotekun to
kidnapping/banditry hotspots in the Ibarapa and Oke-Ogun zones.
He added that continuous dialogue will be maintained with
members of the community by holding town hall meetings and bringing together
residents and security agencies to talk about resolving issues through dialogue
and effective community policing.
Makinde said there will be documentation of foreigners,
especially those who are working in mines, saying this will ensure that only
those with legitimate interests remain in Oyo.
It was confirmed by the governor that the Oyo State Open
Rearing and Grazing Regulation Law, 2019 will now be enforced by the Amotekun
Corps, in collaboration with ‘Operation Burst’ and local vigilante groups.
Meanwhile, Gov Makinde has promised to compensate families
of farmers, who have been killed and/or lost their livelihoods to criminal
trespass and damage by pastoralists.
The compensation, he said, would be paid to families of
victims or victims who can prove their claims, adding that all suspects
arrested for criminal activities in Ibarapa and the Oke-Ogun zones, in
connection with the ongoing tensions in the area will be prosecuted.
However, the Oyo State helmsman has refused to comment on
the fire incident which gutted Sunday Igboho’s house in the early hours of
Tuesday.
Sunday Igboho has said property worth N50 million was
destroyed by the fire.
It was reported that suspected hoodlums had come in about
five vehicles, shooting sporadically in the air before setting the house
ablaze.
Despite this narrative, the Oyo State government is yet to
issue a statement to either condemn the actions of the suspected arsonists or
to sympathise with Sunday Igboho.
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