The Muslim Congress,TMC has called on Oyo State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde to take safely of lives and property as a top priority of his administration.
This is contained in a statement in Ibadan signed by Coordinator (Waali), TMC, Oyo State, Engr Daud Oladosu which followed three different crimes that happened between 10th and 12th February, 2022 in the State.
The Association believed that the major responsibilities of the governments at all levels are first to see to the safety and welfare of her citizenry, “hence, we as concerned stakeholders advise the peace-loving governor of Oyo State, His Excellency, Engr. Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde to take the bull by the horns in stemming the tides of insecurities in our dear state”.
” The spate of insecurities in Oyo State has become a quagmire that seems to have evaded permanent solution in the recent times. These occurrences led to more than three different crises that have happened within a week in our dear state”.
The statement listed among other crimes the Idi-ape bullion van robbery which led to the loss of 4 lives as well as the alleged clash between hoodlums and members of Oyo State Park Management System at Oremeji-Agugu, Ibadan.
“The lead among the scenarios was that of Idi-Ape bullion van robbery that claimed not less than four lives. Two policemen, a commercial motorcyclist and Ustaz Mubarak Suleiman, a technocrat cum Islamic scholar and a personal aid to the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Osun State, Prof Ganiyu Raji lost their lives in this ignoble incidence. There were dozen numbers of people that sustained varying degrees of injuries at the robbery scene. Some of them are still receiving treatment in different hospitals within Ibadan metropolis without any evidence of welfare attention from the government”.
“Another set of crises brewed up among the hoodlums and the members of Oyo State Park Management System at Oremeji-Agugu which eventually snowballed to that of Soka, Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The two fracases did not come to an end without having claimed two lives in the shoot at sight between warring factions of the commercial transporter unionists”.
The Association suggested different security mechanisms to check the ugly trends of crimes and criminality in the State.
“The security architecture of the state be reviewed and rejigged so as to contain the current spate of insecurities in the state. His Excellency should call a security stakeholders’ meeting to ventilate pragmatic ideas on security of lives and property in the state”.
“Government should bring to book all unscrupulous individuals igniting pockets of violence and insecurity in the state irrespective of political, religious or social affiliations of the individuals.
The government should design a sustainable economic revolution among youths to strategically nip in the bud, the economic problems propelling youths into violence and criminal acts threatening lives and property in the state”.
“As a well-meaning Nigerian and number one citizen of Oyo State, we believe, our governor will pick whatever pragmatic from our recommendations and frim it up with suggestions from other quarters to give us a state worth living in. “Boode o dun, bi igbe ni’luu ri” (Where domestic challenges are overwhelming, it appears life isn’t worth it).”
TMC commisserated with Oyo State government and especially the family members left behind by the victims of the crimes and prayed God give them the fortitude to bear the irreparable losses.
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