By Jamiu Ganiyu
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has tasked President Muhammadu Buhari to give something meaningful to Nigerian youths as a sustainable solution to the spate of insecurity in the country.
The first-class monarch who visited the President at Aso Rock today to offer his wise counsel on behalf of other traditional rulers on the worsen the security situation in Nigeria.
The front line monarch believes if youths were duly empowered, they won’t be available as a tool for violence and other dastardly acts.
Ooni Adeyeye advised politicians to be careful of making inflammatory comments which can further add to the already growing attention in the land.
In his words, the Ooni of Ife said, “I came to speak on behalf of other traditional rulers. The issue at hand in the southwest is real. The issue of insecurity, we that live in the remote and rural areas of the southwestern part of the country, most of the bushes are occupied by strange people am we decided to work with the government to fish them out.
“Everybody is beating the drum of war, we don’t want war, who can stand war, we want something better for our youths. We should better use them for something good other than shouting war and anarchy. We don’t want that. We told the President that and he is on the same page with us.
“Politicians should be careful not to throw things out of proportion.
“We should make sure things are right and the President has given good directives to security chiefs including the IG to visit all traditional institutions in the southwest. We shouldn’t keep over hyping war and we still want to keep the peace in the southwest. We don’t want anarchy.”
“What is important is for the youths not to take laws into their hands, killing and causing violence. The drums of war are resonating loud and we are very worried. We need more federal apparatus to defend ourselves. Reinforcement from the federal government.
“We understand more than anybody. We don’t want war and we want to work with the Government to bring peace. We are not saying Fulanis are bad, it’s about the bad guys working under the name of Fulanis”, he concluded.