Gov Makinde of OyoOyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has said that he would not allow anyone hiding under the guise of protecting Yoruba interests to cause ethnic tension and perpetrate crisis in the state, vowing to deal with such person or persons.
The governor, who had already ordered the Police to arrest Sunday Igboho and others that have been causing tension in the state, stressed that the war Oyo and security agencies need to wage is not against any particular ethnic group but against criminal elements, irrespective of their tribes, religions, or creed.
The governor said that his administration would not allow anyone to threaten the peace of the state by acting unlawfully and saying things that are alien to the Nigerian constitution.
He told the new Commissioner of Police, Ngozi Onadeko, that his administration would continue to synergise with law enforcement organs fight criminals, hoodlums and bandits irrespective of their tribe or religion.
“For people stoking ethnic tension, they are criminals and once you get them, they should be arrested and treated like common criminals.
“I am sure that since you came in, you must have heard about some things happening at Ibarapa axis of the state. I will still say it here that we are not after Hausa-Fulani. We are after criminals.”
Only today, January 22, the wanted Igboho went to Igangan, a community in Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State to restate his ultimatum to Fulanis to leave the state, after accusing them of perpetrating murders and kidnappings.
