By Ayodele Oni
The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, has accepted to take charge of security in the southwest region in view of rise in banditry.
According to him, insecurity across South West region would be curtailed within six months if governors in the region can involve Oodua Peoples Congress, (OPC) in their plans to tackle the menace.
Gani Adams, who spoke in Ile-Ife, Osun State at the grand finale of this year’s edition of Oodua Festival, lamented the sudden rise in the cases of violent crimes in the region.
The National Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress, who noted that all efforts by both the Federal and the state government to address insecurity have failed, said the global community no longer take Nigeria seriously due to the large number of lives that have been lost to insecurity.
“The bad elements are now relocating to Lagos. Remember, that was how it started in Plateau State. As the Aare onakakanfo of Yoruba land, we will not allow the Plateau massacre to be replicated in any part of Yorubaland.
“With the present security situation in the country, it is obvious that the government cannot do it alone. If the governors of the South West involve me in their efforts to curb insecurity in the region, I assure you that the security challenges in the region will reduce drastically within six months.
“A good example of our involvement in curbing the security challenges in Lagos was when Baddo was the major security threat in Lagos and Ogun states, especially in Ikorodu area of the state.”
