The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi has condemned the gruesome killing of Yoruba indigenes in Igangan, Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State by suspected Fulani herdsmen.
In a strongly-worded statement, on Monday, signed by his media aide, Moses Olafare, the Ooni expressed displeasure at the current security challenge in the country.
He said that the Yoruba people were disciplined and law-abiding but were not fools.
“Such an attack in which victims credibly traced some perpetrators from a particular section of the country is capable of disintegrating this country.
“That is why those behind it must be smoked out of their jungles and dealt with accordingly.
“There is no better time for robust security measures than now because security of life and property of Nigerians is the basis upon which government is being constituted.
“We Yorubas are disciplined people and law abiding but not fools.”
The Ooni of Ife said that reliable information indicated that some foreign Fulani herdsmen and bandits of Tuareg extraction had perfected plans to invade communities in South-West.
He disclosed that the Yoruba people were ever ready to defend their land.
The statement quoted him to have further said: “We are prepared to defend ourselves without resorting to anarchy.”
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