OYHA ENJOINS OYO STATE GOVERNMENT AND HER COUNTERPARTS TO INTENSIFY SECURITY.

NEWS:

   Premise the fact that the issue of  Fulani's incursion that has been causing kidnapping, killing, and robbing of the innocent people mostly at the rural areas and borders of the country; the Oyo State House of Assembly Honourable members have arrived at a decision, in advising the Oyo State Government under Governor Seyi Makinde and his other fellow governors in the SouthWest to intensify security within the region, in order to curtail and bring to an end the nefarious activities of some of  these herdsmen.
  However, on this the Online Editorial thought it wise to have a chat with some honourable members in the house of assembly of the Oyo State where the decision was deliberated upon and arrived with taking some steps to present to the Oyo State Government, hence we talked to Honourable Adeola Bamidele representing Iseyin/Itesiwaju State Constituency, who admitted to the citizenship right of the Fulanis but bemoaned that some criminally minded ones among them are privy to the heinous activities of some of these herdsmen; hiding within the Forest Reserves close to the country's borders of some areas of the ten local governments at the Oyo North region like Iseyin, Itesiwaju, Kajola, Iwajowa, Saki, Sepeteri, Ago Are, Oje Owode, Kissi, Igbeti and Igboho under the guise of cattle grazing while when the roads which the travellers and commercials vehicle drivers ply are less busy; these indictable herdsmen would come onto the roads, causing obstruction with the herds of their cattle, with the intention of attacking whosoever naive driver that stops, to allow their cattle pass or wade them off and thereby robbing the innocent people, off their valuables, kidnapp some for ransome, kill anybody that challenge their effrontery or encroach on the farms of some farmers.
 Meanwhile, this is why he and his other honourable members of the Oyo State House of Assembly came together on the 27th of June , 2019 to deliberate and arrived at a conclusion, with some steps and decision being taken, for the government to take, in order to find a lasting solution to this major challenge on the insecurity affecting the people of Oyo State and her environs, with this the honourable members implored the Oyo State Government to act fast and take quick decision , in order to curb the menace, since a country devoid of adequate security is in great danger, no matter how rich her people could be.
 Therefore they arrived at some steps ; first the government should call meetings with all the kings of the several communities in the state and their chiefs with other local leaders to discuss the way out, secondly government should call on the security operatives to act fast to type so that the menace would be brought to an end, thirdly government should give a directive on the reinforcement of security at the borders, and the other steps is to give support to the mobilization of the local vigilantees, who have the wherewithal and the native intelligence to explore further and better into these thick forests of some of the rural areas, where these criminals could be hidding, to capture and arrest them, hence the government should do it as a way of employing these local vigilantees, equipping them with the necessary incentives, while they too could serve as local security operatives, within their areas, with giving information when the need arises to the police.
 By and large there should be the registration of all the settlement of these Fulani herdsmen, to ascertain their population and the coming in and going out of them, it is on this the honourable members in Oyo State call for a joint meeting among all the Houses of Assembly honourable memmbers in the South West Region to sensitize one another of the issue, in order to exchange valuable ideas, among themselves for the betterment and the development of the region.
  Another Honourable in the Oyo State House of Assembly Honourable Fola Oyekunle representing Ibadan North State Constituency 1 also enunciated that the issue of insecurity is of very urgent attention , so with this in the minds of all honourable members in the Oyo State House of Assembly, they are ready to work assiduously to make sure both the Oyo House of Assembly Honourable Members and the Executive arm of the state government do the needful regarding legislation and prompt action to make sure the protection of lives and the properties of the citizenry in Oyo State is given priority.