The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on Wednesday, bemoaned the spate of insecurity in the country, saying that it has negatively affected the welfare and livelihood of ordinary Nigerians.
The group condemned the incessant killing of the indigenous peoples and decimation of communities in the Middle Belt region, especially, the current war on Southern Kaduna.
This was contained in a communique at the end of its meeting held at the Isanya-Ogbo residence, Ondo state, of its leader, Pa Ayo Adebanjo.
The communique, by the National Publicity Secretary, Mogaji Gboyega Adejumo, urged the federal, and state governments and the National Assembly to speed up action on the creation of state police, as part of efforts to check the spate of insecurity in the country.
The communique read, “The group calls on the Federal Government to take urgent steps to stem the tide of worsening food insecurity, by going after those deliberately, willfully killing farmers and destroying farm produce, crops and groceries.
“The Afenifere General Assembly condemns the attack of terrorists on our roads, farms and villages. It described as worrisome the hasty and dubious conclusion by the federal government that these dastardly acts are being carried out by these non-state actors, the government so prefers to rather loosely call bandits.
“The general assembly condemned the incessant killings of the indigenous peoples and decimation of communities in the Middle Belt region, in particular, the current escalated war on Southern Kaduna, targeting communities and villages and having the audacity to not only take over other people’s ancestral lands but renaming such out of their nativity into names and languages alien to the indigenous people.”
On restructuring, the Afenifere commended the efforts of the restructuring committee set up in November 2023 and charged with the responsibility of producing an inclusive restructuring plan upon which the various nationalities that make up the Nigerian state shall be governed.