The renowned pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and socio-political
organization, Afenifere, has said there is an urgent need by the Federal
Government and security agencies to be more innovative and decisive.
Afenifere stated this in a statement on Saturday while
reacting to the recent reports of banditry and kidnapping in Ogun, Edo, Ekiti,
Oyo, Kogi, Zamfara, and Niger States.
The statement issued by Afenifere’s National Publicity
Secretary, Comrade Jare Ajayi, urged President Bola Tinubu to take proactive
actions towards tackling the ravaging security issues.
Recall that on Monday, May 13, about eight cocoa farmers
were kidnapped at Marindoti Cocoa Farmers’ Settlement in Ovia South-West Local
Government Area of Edo State.
Three students of Millicent Secondary School in the same
area on their way to write their Senior Secondary School Examination, were also
kidnapped on the same day.
There have been other incidents of kidnapping and other
criminal activities across the country recently.
Reacting, Afenifere said that there is the urgent need to
dig deep into the roots of the menace and to be decisive in applying the
necessary measures.
Part of the statement reads, “The starting point is to probe
into the motivation for kidnapping and related banditry. Three identified
motives are economic, ideology and politics. Each of these has sub-strata and
sometimes interlopers.
“For instance, the economic factor of banditry could have a
territorial claim as an underpinning. It can also be as a result of some
interests wanting to assert political superiority.
“These are relatively easier to deal with if the authorities
and the people in the given area are committed to dealing with it.
“The other aspect is one based on ideology. Most of the time
such an ideology is religious or faith-based. In a situation where a given
person is brainwashed to believe that only those who share the same ideology with
them are qualified to live freely, the authorities and the society have a lot
of work to do.
“As stated, sometimes the line between economic, ideological and political reasons for terrorism or kidnapping gets blurred. While the reason may sometimes not be so clear-cut, the means of subduing the menace can be handy if the authorities are desirous of putting an end to the menace”.
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