Yoruba, Not Fulani, Behind Insecurity In South West – Gani Adams

Gani Adams, Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, has exonerated the Fulanis from the crimes being perpetrated in the South West, saying Fulanis play no role in the unrest and Insecurity that ravage the region.

Speaking at a pan Yoruba congress held in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, on Wednesday, Adams said some Yoruba traitors are the purveyors of destabilisation and agent of violence in the region.

At the congress, which centered on insecurity in the south-west, the leader of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) frowned at the arraignment of OPC members who arrested Iskilu Wakili, a Fulani leader in Ibarapa.

Recall that Wakili was arrested on March 7, after a gun duel involving OPC members and other security operatives.

Ibarapa residents had accused Wakili of having a hand in the nefarious and criminal activities being perpetrated in the region.

He was said to have links with kidnappers and armed herders, who attack farmers and destroy their crops.

The police charged him to court alongside his sons — Abu, Samaila and Aliyu Manu– on six counts bordering on conspiracy, murder, kidnapping, and armed robbery; they have been remanded in a correctional facility.

In his address, the Aare Ona Kakanfo lamented the absence of some Yoruba leaders at the event, noting that the issue of insecurity should not be left to a few individuals.

He stated that if something drastic was not done to stem the growing tide of Insecurity in the South West, the situation could spiral out of control, noting that some Yoruba leaders used “COVID-19 as an excuse to be absent from this meeting. The last meeting of this kind was held in Ibadan in March 2017,”

“Since I became the Aare Ona Kakanfo, I have shouldered more pressure but people still ask me what am I doing about insecurity in Yorubaland. We have to come together to support our governors on insecurity. Some influential people in Yorubaland have forgotten their roots.

“For those who asked me what I am doing about insecurity in the south-west, I used only one of the powers I possess within two weeks and the whole place was shaken to the ground. Our boys went into the forest and arrested the deputy to Iskilu Wakili and three others and handed him over to the police.

“We then traced Wakili’s movement for a month and succeeded in arresting him with three others in Ibarapa. Those who arrested him were detained but later given bail. When they appeared in court on Monday, they were charged for murder, arson and belonging to unlawful association.

“This is where Yoruba should think. There is an attempt to cripple the security system in the south-west. Fulanis are not our problem, but our own people. I have information that Yorubas are the traitors among us. Whatever we do, we will not embarrass our governors.”

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