Insecurity: Act now to avoid spill over, community leader tells Abiodun

A community leader in Ogun State, Chief Toyin Amuzu has called on Governor Dapo Abiodun to be pro-active and as a matter of urgency, rally stakeholders, especially security chiefs in the state to nib in the bud, the menace of cattle rearers before it degenerates into self-help as witnessed in Oyo State.

Amuzu said this while reacting in Abeokuta, to an incident of some suspected herdsmen who reportedly shot a woman, Morenikeji Salami, while going to her site on the Oru-Awa Road in the Ijebu-North Local Government Area and the invasion of Ketu-speaking villages.

Amuzu charged Abiodun to provide leadership and take seriously the issue of security of lives and properties and not wait till it gets out of hands, saying “much is expected from the governor as the Chief Security Officer of the state.

“Anyone who commits any crime should be treated as criminal by government, leaving out their ethnicity and occupation. In fact, reporting them as Fulani or herdsmen  is merely reducing the issue, they are either bandits, armed robbers or kidnappers,” he said.

Amuzu said it was the responsibility of the state government to put in place security measures that will reduce the palpable fears of the people.