- Accuses Akeredolu of procuring an award at a time criminal activities have overwhelmed the State
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State has accused the governor of Ondo State, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of procuring an award at a time the people of Ondo State cannot sleep with their two eyes closed.
Starnews Nigeria reports that a first-class monarch in Ondo State, Oba Israel Adeusi, the Olufon of Ifon, was murdered by unknown gunmen on his way back to his domain, after attending Council of Obas meeting in Akure, the state capital on November 26, 2020.
The PDP in Ondo State believes that the mood of the state does not support such an open display of alleged insensitivity to the plight of the people.
In a statement by the PDP spokesman in the State, Kennedy Peretei, the party accused the governor of procuring an award from the Association of Community Pharmacists in Nigeria.
The PDP notes that while the Ondo State Council of Obas is currently traumatized by this sacrilegious occurrence that threw the entire state into panic mode, Governor Akeredolu flew from Akure to Abuja to pop champagne in celebration of an ordinary award.
The PDP lamented how a commercial Bank was robbed in broad daylight at Ode-Irele on Thursday for more than 45 minutes.
The statement partly reads:
”Governor Akeredolu’s Chief of Staff’s wife was also a victim of kidnapping and the orgy of violence the same Thursday. Whereas, the Chief of Staff’s wife was released within 24 hours in controversial circumstances as both Amotekun and the Police laid claim to how the woman was released.”
”How Akeredolu can have the presence of mind to attend such an award ceremony when the state is in such trauma beats one’s imagination.”
”Criminal activities of robbers, kidnappers and bandits have overwhelmed Ondo State dwellers and life is no longer normal. People can no longer travel for even short distances within the state, without fear of being kidnapped or robbed. Everybody lives in fear. Like Akeredolu himself acknowledged at the Palace of Olufon when he paid a visit to commiserate with Ifon people.”
“The security situation in the state is becoming unbearable”.
”Such a statement above can only come from a man who is already at his wit’s end. He cannot hide under the cover of not being in charge of security agencies in the state. There is no justification for the whooping monthly 600 million nairas taken as security vote by the Governor if he does not know what to do to bring sanity to our state.”
” Before the black Thursday, Chief Olu Falae’s farm at Ilu- Abo was attacked by herdsmen. The elder statesman, who has serially played host to herdsmen attack and kidnap cried for help without any kind of help reaching him. There have been many cases of kidnap, robberies and violence that were not reported by the media for obvious reasons.”
”Instead of an award of honour, Akeredolu should be decorated with garlands of the state with the worst security challenges in the South West. That would have probably made more sense.”
”As a matter of urgency, Governor Akeredolu should convene a security summit to look at ways to address the security situation in the state. There are Ondo State indigenes that can advise him on how to stem this dangerous tide.”
”The award he has gone to receive in Abuja is outrightly misplaced”, the PDP said.
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