Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, in
Ondo has directed its members to defend the South West against the invasion of
Fulani herdsmen.
The State Chairman and Secretary
of the group, Victor Olayemi Egbeyemi and Olonimoyo Fesisogbo Pedro directed
their members to meet with community leaders, chiefs and security agencies in
order to prevent breakdown of law and order.
Rising from a meeting held in
Akure, the state capital over the weekend, the group expressed, “worry over the
incessant attacks by herdsmen in different parts of the state and asked
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu to enact a law that would protect farmers against the
activities of herdsmen in the state.”
In a statement, Egbeyemi said:
“OPC members should get prepared whether there is war or not. The herdsmen
kidnapped people in Ore, they attacked the wife of our member in Akure North,
and people are fleeing their farms because of the activities of the herdsmen.
Chief Olu Falae’s farm was burnt; we should rise up to defend our territories.
“We should not wait until they
start to kill our people before we plan to defend them. We want to reorganize
ourselves to defend the interest of Yoruba people. Both Aare Adams and Dr
Fasehun’s factions must work together in the interest of the people.
“It is high time the Adams and
Fasehun factions come together in the state in the interest of the people as
the issue before them is beyond the supremacy battle between the two groups.
“Both Adams and Fasehun are from
the state and their supporters should come together in the interest of the
people.”
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