The Oodua People’s Congress has condemned the killing of two traditional rulers in Ekiti State and one in Kwara State, saying the organisation will do everything that is possible to secure the South West region.
The foremost Yoruba socio-cultural organisation also urged the Federal Government to fish out their killers.
The OPC spoke in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Yinka Oguntimehin, on Monday in reaction to the gruesome murder of three monarchs: Onimojo of Imojo- Ekiti, Oba Olatunde Samuel Olusola and Elesun of Esun-Ekiti, Oba David Babatunde Ogunsola, both in Ekiti State; and Olukoro of Koro Ekiti in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, Oba Olusegun Aremu Cole, whose wife had been in the captive for the past five days.
Condemning the acts, Oguntimehin said it is sad that the monarchs died in such a situation, adding that the OPC will not fold its arms and leave unknown gunmen to spill the blood of innocent people in such a dastardly way.
He said: “We have indicated our resolve to assist the government of the south west region in addressing the surge of killings in Yoruba land.
“OPC will not allow the south west to be used as an Abattoir where innocent people will be slaughtered and gunmen would live like king in our region.
“It is unacceptable.
“We will resist any attempt by gunmen to turn Yoruba land into a den of killers.”
The OPC publicity scribe stated also that though the students and teachers of Apostolic Faith Nursery and Primary School in Emure-Ekiti had regained their freedom after paying ransom to their abductors, the driver was killed in the process.
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It added: “It is unfortunate now that reports of killings and kidnappings are spreading across southwest.
“We appeal to the Federal and the State Government to coopt the OPC in their attempt to solving the security challenges in the country.
“We are ready to salvage the region from marauders and killers that have infiltrated our region.
“Those behind the killings of the three traditional rulers would not go unpunished.”
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