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Akinwale Aboluwade Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has disclosed that his government would deploy additional personnel to Oke Ogun and Ibarapa parts of the state in a bid to combat kidnapping and other activities of bandits. Makinde gave the indication in a post on his Twitter handle on Wednesday. Shedding light on the strategies to follow, he listed strict enforcement of Open Rearing and Grazing Regulation Law, 2019; registration of foreigners and deployment of additional operatives of Amo...

TUESDAY WITH REUBEN ABATI In the past week, in the South Western part of Nigeria, we have been treated to stories of conflicts in Ondo and Oyo States between herdsmen, identified as Fulani, and the Yoruba owners of indigenous communities. In Ondo State, the issue at stake is the conversion of the state’s forest reserves into a criminal space by herdsmen who violate the integrity of the reserves and a hide-out for kidnapping, extortion and killings. Governor Rotimi Akeredolu affirming his powe...

His two wives live in two different parts of the globe – Germany and Canada – while he has three professional footballers playing in Germany as children. On different occasions, Sunday Adeyemo had reportedly used guns to fight his enemies. This is said to be something he inherited from his grandfather. Sunday Igboho is allegedly harbouring thugs in his Ibadan residence, using them to grab lands from their owners across the Southwest states. Igboho went through the tutelage of Chief Lamidi A...

Sunday Igboho and the Yoruba Nation, By Reuben Abati 9 min read The Igboho phenomenon deserves some close attention. Sunday Igboho showed up in the fight against criminal herdsmen in Oyo State because of the shocking absence of leadership. The state governor failed to defend the people’s interest. He did not stand up to the truth like Governor Akeredolu of Ondo State has done. He provided a vacuum, which a Sunday Igboho decided to fill. In the past week, in the South-Western p...

January 26, 2021 The Oyo State chapter of Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) has described the N1 billion security vote given to Governor Seyi Makinde monthly as meaningless. SPN alleged that the rising insecurity in the state in the last few weeks has exposed the inadequacies of the Makinde led administration in the area of security. Our correspondent reports that Oyo State has witnessed a series of unrest, kidnapping, attacks on citizens and killing in major towns and cities in the state due ...

Suddenly, Sunday Adeyemo, better known as, Sunday Igboho who was arguably known only to his immediate family, friends and associates has shot to national spotlight on account of the recent quit notice which he issued to Fulani herders in Ibarapa area of Oyo State,, writes Kemi Olaitan Before Thursday, January 13, 2021, little was known about Yoruba actvist, Sunday Adeniyi Adeyemo (popularly called Sunday Igboho) even though he has been around for quite some time. Born on October 10, 1972 in Igb...

Views: Visits 52 Dare, an indigene of the state in a statement said, “For several months, residents have watched with concern as the security situation in our beloved state degenerated. Troubling accounts about killings, kidnappings and herdsmen/ farmers conflicts abound. “Like the people of Oyo State, I expected Governor Makinde to act prudently but with reasonable dispatch to quell the insecurity before it got out of hands. We all waited for proactive steps and responses from the...

In the past week, in the South Western part of Nigeria, we have been treated to stories of conflicts in Ondo and Oyo States between herdsmen, identified as Fulani, and the Yoruba owners of indigenous communities. In Ondo state, the issue at stake is the conversion of the state’s forest reserves into a criminal space by herdsmen who violate the integrity of the reserves and a hide-out for kidnaping, extortion and killings. Governor Rotimi Akeredolu affirming his powers as the Chief Security Of...

Sunday Igboho And The Yoruba Nation By Reuben Abati But those who lost their loved ones will not remember the politics of it. They will remember their loss and the pain that they now live with: the women who were raped, the children of late Fatai Aborode, Ph.D who have lost a father, the farmers whose farms were destroyed by cattle-rearers, the families that paid ransom and still had to pick up the corpse of their loved ones by the roadside, the many untimely widows and orphans in Ondo, Igangan...

Punch Newspapers Sections Olufemi Olaniyi and Wale Oyewale Residents of Igangan in the Ibarapa area of Oyo State on Sunday recounted their ordeals in the hands of Fulani herdsmen. The community leaders,  who spoke during a visit of the state government delegation to the town, stated that they had paid a total of N50m as ransoms for kidnappings carried out by herdsmen in the community. The community also presented to the delegation,  pictures and other evidence of ransoms paid to the herdsmen....