Pan-Yoruba socio-po­litical organisation, Afenifere, on Tues­day said South-West governors are reluctant about tackling insecurity challenges in the region because of party allegiance and fear of offend­ing leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Speaking with Daily Inde­pendent, Yinka Odumakin, the organisation’s National Publicity Secretary, said there will not be solution to insecu­rity challenges in the region unless there is autonomy through restructuring.

“For the governors, we un­derstand that party allegiance is a problem for them. If they take any firm action against the herdsmen, they will be offending their party leaders.

“I know the difficulty around that. When the In­spector General of Police (IGP) came to South-West to organise a security summit, and at the end of the summit, they made our governors to sign a communiqué that OPC and Miyetti Allah will jointly work together to patrol and secure South-West.

“You are asking the cause of the problem to go and proffer solution to it because we are under their binds. So, there is no solution to this issue until we get autonomy.

“The Nigeria structure is one that encourages these kind of things and until we bring down the structure that brings every power in the hands of Abuja, our lives are not going to be secured”, he said.

Daily Independent had ear­lier reported that that South- West governors, especially those elected on the platform of the APC, are not on the same page with Iba Gani Ad­ams, the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, on finding a last­ing solution to the insecurity challenges rocking the region.

Out of the six governors in the region, only Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, who is a member of the Peo­ples Democratic Party (PDP), has shown some measure of support for the Aare Ona Ka­kanfo’s plans to rid the South- West of banditry, kidnapping, and other vices.

BuhariAdvocate:
Sorry which region that restricted the activities of herdsmens like southwest? Afenifere is number one problem we have in southwest. The same toothless thing led southwest region to a destruction in 1999.

BuhariAdvocate:
Which fulani is killing you? If you want to know the real coward, you don't need to go anywhere look for Emeka ojukwu.

Nigeria has been in a difficult situation because of the activities of killer herdsmen.Mind you, these herdsmen have been labelled as the fourth deadliest terrorist group in the world by the Global Terrorism Index. They have carried out massacres in rural and agrarian communities, and have been emboldened enough by the slackness of state security forces to move into urban settings

The needless defence of the Fulani by Tinubu.By now, everyone would have noticed that the most strident defence of the Fulani over the herdsmen issue has come from southerners, particularly the Yoruba.

On the question of whether the Fulani deserve the stereotype of cold-blooded killers or not, the Yoruba people have wept louder than the bereaved....Today, the Fulani are resented, and not just because of the herdsmen issue but also because of the clannishness and tribalism of President Muhammadu Buhari who has more or less driven collective benefits in the direction of a selected class.

BuhariAdvocate:
Which fulani is killing you? If you want to know the real coward, you don't need to go anywhere look for Emeka ojukwu.

Yinka Odumakin, the organisation’s National Publicity Secretary, said there will not be solution to insecu­rity challenges in the region unless there is autonomy through restructuring.

Donaldoni:
It's a tight rope to walk because of 2023, honestly...

But it will still be a win-win for us at the end of the day...

Charleys:
“I know the difficulty around that. When the In­spector General of Police (IGP) came to South-West to organise a security summit, and at the end of the summit, they made our governors to sign a communiqué that OPC and Miyetti Allah will jointly work together to patrol and secure South-West.

Nice one from AFENIFERE. 2023 presidency will compensate for all the dead ever recorded since 2016