•Says Nomadic Culture Must Be Discouraged

Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has warned that the various criminal activities of kidnapping, bombing and assault on the people in some parts of the country which are being referred to as banditry must be appropriately addressed as terrorism.

Governor Akeredolu noted that infiltration of the country’s borders and burning down of railway are activities that must be addressed as terrorism and the perpetrators treated as same.

The Governor spoke on Monday at the 27th Nigerian Economic Summit held in Abuja with the theme: “Securing Our Future: The Fierce Urgency of Now.”

Governor Akeredolu and his Kaduna state counterpart, Malian Nasiru El-rufai, and others were among the panelists at the summit which centered on addressing the security challenges in the country.

In his introductory remarks, Arakunrin Akeredolu contended that a nation with failed security and justice systems is already set to fail.

While lamenting that the dimension of insecurity in the country recently has been surprising, the Governor said he has always believed in multi-level policing as the best way of securing the nation.

“In Ondo State, we don’t have terrorism. Our problem is farmer/herder clashes and kidnap for ransom. We have drug abuse and agitation for self determination. We have always preached the multi-level policing in Ondo State. We believe in layers of security,” he said.

The Governor, who explained that although there are criminal trespasses which can be treated by the state, stressed that before the Amotekun corps was established, the Police were not always ready to make arrest.

“Yes, you have trespass. Criminal trespass on other people’s land or farm. It falls within the purview of matters that should be treated by the state. But, all we had before Amotekun was a police system that had the duty to arrest and was not prepared to make an arrest. Things are changing and have really changed in Ondo state.

“Today, if you trespass on other people’s land or farm, the Amotekun will go after you and arrest you. They pay compensations to the farmers and when they fail they are in court. It is the only way you can send signals to the people.

“When you commit a crime and the hands of law doesn’t catch up with you, another person will repeat it. I can assure you that when you do not have an effective policing system, there is little or nothing a Governor can do. And the criminal trial is taking too long,” Governor Akeredolu said.

Speaking on the recent ban on Open Grazing, Governor Akeredolu said nomadic pastoralist is a culture that must be discouraged in the interest of those involved.

He noted that the issue of grazing routes was not a welcome conversation, adding that those were issue of the past that must not be brought back to the fore.

The Governor said: ”Speaking for those of us who have put in place anti-open grazing law. We have our reasons and we have no apologies.

“Grazing routes? Grazing routes to where? It is not going to work. There are things we had in the Past. Don’t let us imagine it now. Time changes. Grazing with AK 47 is an assault. Ban on open grazing, we are doing it effective in Ondo State.

“Nomadic pastoralist is not a new thing. There were nomadic farmers all over the world. I know of people, high ranking who have ranches today. They can showcase their cows.

“Why are we pushing these people out. It is a culture that must be discouraged in the interest of those who are involved. Even with the President order that anyone with Ak47 should be arrested, how many have been arrested?

Richard Olatunde
Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Ondo State.
October 25, 2021.

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Call a spade a spade......

How can you be grazing cattles in a bush with an AK-47,pass my farm and expect me to wave and say hi??
Signs of terrorism are shown by these herdsmen and government calls it criminality to avoid using soldiers on them.

Baba just dey fire dem; aketi no send anybody

Akeredolu is saying this to who? The same Bulhari who revoked people's gun licenses immediately he entered Aso Villa yet allowed herdsmen to keep carrying AK-47?

The same one who replaced all the heads of agencies with Fulani people?
The same one who closed southern borders and left northern borders open?

The same bullari that declared visa-free and passport-free pass to African countries so that these Fulani terrorists can flood into Nigeria, unidentified?

All these clear signs of an evil agenda are there yet, people are still expecting Bulhari to declare his bandit brothers as terrorists? Lol

A governor with balls

Louder please sir

Arakunrin Akeredolu contended that a nation with failed security and justice systems is already set to fail.

Do you still need a soothsayer to tell you that Nigeria is a FAILED COUNTRY

As for bubu to call bandits terrorist, that’s the last thing he would do. They are his kinsmen, he knows how they got into the country so he can only tell them to reduce the level of their mayhem.

Enjoy your one Nigeria, your shared a country with killer and terrorist

Damnnn niggar
Isoright

Akerodulu my niggar

Governor with balls made of steel!
Kudos Arakunrin. So apt and accurate.

Bandit's are terrorists

Yes ooooo

The government does not want International bodies to see them as a terrorist country that is why they are probably denying the glaring truth

Akeredolu, the Wike of South West

I be think say una no go comot mouth from fulani, una master yansh.
Sophisticated people

If una de fear, make I tell una the truth. Buhari is the chief bandit and terrorist. All these are his foot soldiers. He can't hurt them

AntiBMC:
Akeredolu is saying this to who? The same Bulhari who revoked people's gun licenses immediately he entered Aso Villa yet allowed herdsmen to keep carrying AK-47?

The same one who replaced all the heads of agencies with Fulani people?
The same one who closed southern borders and left northern borders open?

The same bullari that declared visa-free and passport-free pass to African countries so that these Fulani terrorists can flood into Nigeria, unidentified?

All these clear signs of an evil agenda are there yet, people are still expecting Bulhari to declare his bandit brothers as terrorists? Lol

Zombies here like the chief resident landlord will say na lie. The upcoming husslimg hard zombies working to be promoted benuejosh go fight u for saying this. Las Las e shock helinues

Akeredolu, always on point! No time for yeye political correctness... Bandits are those that rob inside Lagos traffic, not people bombing trains and killing our soldiers, those are obviously run away Boko Haram members.

Buhari's administration better stop risking people's lives and come out clean, their reputation isn't worth the lives of countless Nigerians... Stop the evil rebranding and let Nigerians have adequate information about the security risks rising in the country.

Bandits aren’t anyway better than terrorists

Don't mind these northern people. ...they know the script they wrote, just that southerners quickly saw it coming and they don't know how to act again.....

One Nigeria my foot!

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This one no be omo ale like Adesina.
Open grazing Should be discourage in this century. We see how other countries rear cows without violence but more profits to their country.

politician deceiving themselves, they thought they are deceiving us

Akeredolu is fearless, the man have spearheading the uprising against the Fulani misgivings

Let's continue to play the ostrich.

Nnamdi Kanu and Biafla is our ploblem

My pojnt

I just like this man, he's the most active and outspoken governor in southwest others are dumbarse..

Come 2023 many thing will happen, this so called bandit and their sponsors will meet their Waterloo..

Even bubu won't be able to go anywhere like is tailor brother..

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Tell Them

Ok

Akeredolu for President.