Concerned about the spike in insecurity resulting in losses of lives and property in the country, the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has called on the Federal Government to change its style and confront the challenges appropriately.
Afenifere spoke against the backdrop of the latest kidnappings, terrorism and armed robbery incidents happening in various parts of Nigeria, including the South West.
The statement recalled the kidnapping of about 30 children working on a farm in Mairuwa village in Katsina State; the abduction of travellers on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, including the former Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Ibadan, Prof Adigun Agbaje; the killing of dozens of people in Benue State, murder of a NECO staff by armed robbers on the campus of the University of Ibadan, Ibadan mid-week and the abduction of four travellers in Ekiti, as well as insistence of terrorists that farmers...
To underscore their seriousness, some of these governments have evacuated some of their diplomatic staffers.
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