The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi has called on relevant stake holders in the South-west to stand up and unite against killings by herdsmen in the region.
The Ooni made this call on Sunday, in Kota Ekiti, Ekiti east local government area of Ekiti state at the thanksgiving ceremony of Olufemi Bamisile who represents Ekiti South Federal Constituency 11 in the House of Representatives.
Oba Ogunwusi declared that Yoruba people could no longer fold its hand and allow her people to be killed.
He called on Yoruba people to be united at this time and protect its territory.
He said, “I call on all the people of Yoruba race at this time to be united. The time has come end this killing. These killings must end, enough is enough”.
Reverend Emmanuel Abejide of Methodist Church of Nigeria in his sermon declared that the current security situation in the country was unfortunate.
The cleric warned that unless the leaders put their thinking cap things might get worse.
He said “we have failed so much. Many of our political leaders have failed to develop our potential. If by God give you have opportunity to be in a position, it’s by God grace please use it for the benefit of mankind “.
As for Bamisile, he said the various stakeholders in the South-west are already talking, adding that the region would defend itself.
“The death of Pa Fashoranti’s daughter is one of the greatest mistakes that ever happened in the South-west. With the step that we are taking, we are moving ahead to atop the killings. “
