{"id":1608,"date":"2021-01-21T23:26:53","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T23:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vor.org.ng\/?p=1608"},"modified":"2022-08-13T20:43:28","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T20:43:28","slug":"invasion-of-the-yoruba-hinterland-and-a-brewing-crisis-of-confidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ictnetworldltd.com\/newvor\/2021\/01\/21\/invasion-of-the-yoruba-hinterland-and-a-brewing-crisis-of-confidence\/","title":{"rendered":"INVASION OF THE YORUBA HINTERLAND AND A BREWING CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Agba<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">kii<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">wa<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">l\u2019oja<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">k\u2019ori<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">omo<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">tuntun<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">wo<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">INVASION OF THE YORUBA HINTERLAND AND A BREWING CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">The membership of Voice of<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> Reas<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">on <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">is<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">disturbed<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> by the spate<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">of murders, invasion of farmland, kidnapping for ransom and other violent incidents in the South-West of Nigeria, especially in the Yoruba heartland states of Oyo, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Ondo<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> and <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Ekiti<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">We are especially disturbed that these ongoing incidents have, in many cases, been verifiably attributed to armed \u2018herdsmen\u2019, operating in the open or from hideouts in the densely wooded forests of the area<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">s<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">On Monday January 18, 2021, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Gov<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Akeredolu<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> gave illegal herders a seven-day ultimatum to leave the forests of <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Ondo<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">State, citing the rising insecurity in the state.&nbsp;The Governor said \u201cbad elements\u201d have turned the <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">F<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">orest<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">ry<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Reserve<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> into hideouts for criminals and their nefarious activities. These criminal elements have neither applied nor granted permission for the forest they occupy. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">VOR <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">views with serious concern, the political misinterpretation of Governor <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Akeredolu&#8217;s<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> statement<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> by the Presidency, in his <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">genuine effort to protect life an<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">d properties of citizens of his <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">state<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Th<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">e statement from the Presidency is <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">characteristic of our political elites and biased leadership, the genuine action of a State Chief Executive officer is being <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">politicised<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> to give e<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">thnic <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">colouration<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">it<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> does not deserve. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">We are aware of the generally poor security situation in the country, the facts surrounding the ongoing crisis in the Northeast, and the flagrant banditry blighting<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> the lives of citizens in different parts of Nigeria. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">We have had cause in the past to express our concerns on these matters, and to request a more vigorous response on the part of government, not only to restore the well-being of Nigerian citizens, but to foster <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">a<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> sense of trust in the government and the governance process, which is at <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">very<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">low ebb.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">It is a fundamental requirement of modern statehood that there be clearly defined borders and a precise definition of citizenship, and Nigeria cannot be an exception. Even the ECOWAS treaty stipulates a maximum period for which a documented citizen of a sister country may stay in another country.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">We are especially concerned at the role played in this uncomfortable situation by identified \u2018pseudo-herdsmen\u2019, many of whom are non-Nigerian Fulani elements from Mali and surrounding countries. It is a unique anomaly and affront for foreigners to be allowed to cross into territory of another nation and persistently show a pattern of wreaking havoc with impunity. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">All the major ethnic groups in Nigeria have non-Nigerian groups with whom they share genetic and cultural affinity. An example is the relationship between Yoruba in Nigeria and Benin Republic and Togo. Nobody has made the argument that by this affinity, people from Benin Republic and Togo are conferred automatically with unfettered access and citizenship rights in Nigeria. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Citizenship carries both an entitlement and a responsibility. These foreign elements neither have such entitlement, nor show any sense of acceptance of the implied responsibilities concerning their <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">behaviour<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> and observance of our laws.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">We affirm that <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Nigerian citizens, by rights conferred through the Constitution, have a right to live in an<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">y part of Nigeria. In doing so<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> they have a concomitant duty to observe the law of the land, live in peace with their neighbours and also show sensitivity to and respect <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">for<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> local culture. There are people from different parts of Nigeria who have made their lives in the Yoruba heartland and who have, in fact, become part of the local community. These include <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">F<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">ulanis, some of whom have lived there for more than one generation. In a similar manner, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Yoruba people also <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">live in<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> other parts of the country.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">This diversity is part of the strength and beauty of Nigeria, and every patriotic citizen should be committed to preserving it.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">However, the spate of security outrages that have been allowed to happe<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">n<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> will, if allowed to continue, dangerously erode the basic trust that is a requirement for such peaceful co-existence. There have been accusations of collusion between these \u2018pseudo-herdsmen\u2019, kidnappers and bandits and some <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">security official<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">s<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">government authorities and local communities not only in the commission of heinous crimes, but in the collection and processing of ransom payments. Crime is, in effect being rewarded, and it is proceeding with impunity.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Several people have issued desperate expressions of concern and stressed the need for urgent action in this matter. They include the Ala<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">a<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">fin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, and the Governors of Oyo State and Ondo State.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> The Ondo State Governor\u2019s <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">recent <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">order to Fulani to vacate the Forestry Reserve<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">, and his restriction on <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">nighttime herd movements and other measures <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">seems to us to have been deliberately misinterpreted <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">by some people <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">as an expulsion order on all Fulani, including the long-resident and settled ones. We are certain that this is not so. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">People who have bought land and built houses and become useful members of their communities, even speaking the local language, are certainly entitled to stay in their normal abodes. On the other hand, a Forestry Reserve is held in trust for the people by government, for use for approved agricultural and other purposes. It is not approved as residential accommodation for anyone, local or foreign.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">It is our recommendation that the Federal Government wake up and step up to its responsibilities<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> for ensuring law and order in the country, which is at <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">an unacceptably<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> low ebb currently. We also recommend that the State Governors in the South West <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">should have<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> the latitude to do their work as Chief Security Officers in their States unfettered. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">That the security situation declined to the present level in the first p<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">l<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">ace without capacity for effective local action is one of <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">the manifestations of the distorted, dysfunctional unitary governance arrangement in Nigeria, and is one of the most compelling reasons why the nation needs to be <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Restructured,<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">and a True Federation created.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">The borders of Nigeria need to be effectively<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> secured<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> to ensure that foreign elements of whatever ethnic origin do not come <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">in <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">to disturb the peace of Nigerians, or, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">according to<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">one of the prevalent dark suspicions, be part of a grand design to grab other people\u2019s land in fulfillment of an atavistic, doomed design for ethnic domination.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">As usual some very vocal groups purporting to represent the interests of the Fulani have made threats and spoken in a tone that makes it clear they believe they have a higher form of citizenship than other Nigerians, that they \u2018own\u2019 the federal government, and that they can act with impunity and deal with other people, not through reasoned discussion and collaboration but through threats and bullying. This is not helpful. It certainly will not work.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">The real danger is that if the present state of <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">brigandage<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> with impunity is allowed to continue<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">, it<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> will not only erode the people\u2019s trust in government and governance<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">, it will<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> make it inevitable for people to take the law into their own hands. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">We are therefore totally in support of the lawful order to the rampaging herders to vacate <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Ondo<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> State <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Forestry Reserve <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">within the stipulated period.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Finally, <\/span><\/span><a name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">VOR joins other well-meaning <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">socio<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">cultural group<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">s<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">to<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> support Governor <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Akeredolu<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">and we call on <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">other <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">governors and political leaders across the South and Middle Belt to join in the collective effort, to prevent the establishment of other <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s7\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Sambisa<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s7\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> F<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s7\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">orests <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">in their backyards.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Signed<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Dr. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Olufemi<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Adegoke<\/span><\/span><br \/>\nChairman, Voice of Reason<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agba kii wa l\u2019oja k\u2019ori omo tuntun wo INVASION OF THE YORUBA HINTERLAND AND A BREWING CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE &nbsp; \u2022 The&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[743],"tags":[485],"class_list":["post-1608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release","tag-invasion-of-the-yoruba-hinterland-and-a-brewing-crisis-of-confidence"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - 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