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Support Me To Flush Out Banditry, Insecurity From S'west - Igboho To Yoruba Monarchs

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Mar 02, 2024

Support Me To Flush Out Banditry, Insecurity From S'west - Igboho To Yoruba Monarchs

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The Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Igboho, has urged traditional rulers in the Southwest to support him in flushing out criminality and banditry from the region.

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Igboho said he would collaborate with traditional rulers to put a permanent end to insecurity in the Southwest.

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In a statement he signed, he lamented that insecurity was responsible for death and farmer-herder crisis in the region.

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"I welcome the idea, and assure them that I will do my best to checkmate incidence of insecurity provided I receive the backing of the relevant security agencies, Yoruba monarchs and other stakeholders.

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"Insecurity and threats precipitated by banditry, herders/farmers clashes, leading to deaths and massive destruction of farmlands have driven away farmers and agric entrepreneurs from farm settlements in Yorubaland.

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"We need to flush out criminal elements, who have occupied our forests using the place as launch pads to jeopardize the peace in our communities, towns, villages and amulets. I am ready to lend my support in this regard,ÔÇØ he said.

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