In a statement signed and made available to newsmen by the National President of I.D.U, Alhaji Bayo Raji on Friday, the body was delighted that Governor Seyi Makinde put a round peg in a round hole, as the erstwhile military man has always been brazen and forthright on issues of community policing and safety of farmers from cow herders.

Raji said the appointment has signaled an end to brigandage perpetuated by herdsmen that maim, kill and destroy farmers and their farms in rural communities, adding that people that have changed their minds about retiring into farming would have a rethink with the appointment.

“When I heard of the appointment, I was very elated because Gen. Togun has been a very dynamic leader of Oke-Ogun, maybe because of his military background, the appointment is what they call a round peg in a round hole.

“Since his retirement, he has been so active on the issue of community policing and security in the Oke-Ogun axis and Oyo State generally, I have no doubt that he is a good ambassador of Oke-Ogun and he is going to perform beyond the expectation of the governor who has reposed so much confidence in him.

“Amotekun should serve as our own community police in the sense that it is we at the grassroot that know where the shoe pinches, the challenge posed by cattle rustlers and cow herders that usually destroy farms and local economy will be laid to rest through the operation of Amotekun.

“Agriculture has suffered in Oke-Ogun because people are afraid of endless destruction that some cow herders visit on hapless farmers, I know many people want to go into farming after retirement, so if they pump their gratuity and pension into the venture and one day, cows destroyed everything, it will not augur well.

“Similarly, the issue of monitoring crime at the local level will be well looked into by this outfit, Amotekun has come to stay and to guarantee peace, I am sure that there will be total eradication of crime in the State, we want people to give maximum support to the outfit when they commence operation, giving prompt information  that will ease investigation and arrest of hoodlums is the key.”

The I.D.U national President commiserated with the State governor and the people of Oyo State in  the  recent  demise  of  the former commissioner for Environment, Hon. Kehinde Ayoola, urging the governor to see the death as the will of God.

He prayed for the repose of the late politician and urged politicians in the State to take a cue from the life and time of late Kehinde Ayoola in his struggle to contribute to the development of the State.

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Ojerinde’s call came in the wake of recent media reports which revealed the opposition of some aggrieved Oyo APC chieftains and leaders to the nomination of the former governor to succeed Chief Adeniyi Adebayo from Ekiti state (now the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment) in that party leadership capacity. Notable figures reported to be opposed to Ajimobi’s nomination are former deputy governor, Chief Moses Adeyemo, Alhaji Akin Olajide (former SSG in Ajimobi government), Sen. Adesoji Akanbi, Alh. Fatai Ibikunle among others.

In a statement he personally issued today from his Igboho country home and made available to journalists in Ibadan, Prof. Ojerinde described protests against Sen. Ajimobi’s recommendation for the top party leadership job as unnecessary and ill-conceived “in view of the fact that the idea was a brainchild of eminent APC stakeholders from virtually all the five other south western states as a matter of political exigency.

“The former governor may have inevitably offended some of these people while in office and I understand this was also responsible for the crisis which engulfed Oyo APC in 2018 as it was allowed to drag until the party lost the governorship seat to the PDP in 2019 general election. But these same elders and leaders should find a way of resolving this among themselves once and for all in the interest of their teeming members and the state.

“A situation whereby they allowed such grievances to cost them the coveted governorship seat must not continue in the interest of the party and the society at large. This has always been my position as a leader of thought in the state. I expressed the same opinion yesterday when I had a cause to visit one of these aggrieved leaders in Igboho and again, I am using this medium to appeal to other concerned individuals or groups to bury all the hatchets permanently.

“In the opinion of many political watchers, the seemingly intractable crisis within Oyo APC is inimical to the progress of the state simply because the party can boast of many quality hands who are capable of adding value to the state and Nigeria as a country if afforded the opportunity to work together as a team and not as warring entities.

“My own sincere appeal is to every stakeholder within the party to work towards finding a lasting solution to the internal wrangling and guide against anything capable of causing schism among them again as all hands must be on deck to restore the full confidence of the voting public on the progressive party which was still able to have a comfortable majority in the population of National Assembly members from the state despite all odds in 2019”, the Professor Emeritus of Tests and Measurement stated.

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