Akinlade chides Abiodun over Ogun killings

*says Governor not prepared for office


A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ogun State, Hon. Adekunle Akinlade, has chided Governor Dapo Abiodun over his poor approach to curb the killings of his kinsmen by suspected herders in Yewa.

The Ogun governorship candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement, APM in the last election, alleged that the continued spate of killings across Ogun West, be it by men of the Nigeria Customs Service, bandits or criminal herdsmen is evident of lack of preparedness for governance and lack of clear cut strategy on the part of the current Chief Security Officer of the
State.

Akinlade stated this in a statement made available by his media aide, Azeez Adelani, on Monday.

In his advice to the governor, the former House of Representatives member asked the governor to urgently visit the affected villages and farming communities, commission the deployment of at least 50 high frequency aerial surveillance drones with night/infrared capabilities across those communities.”

According to him, "In my modest opinion, the CSO of the State should, as a matter of urgency, personally visit the affected villages and farming communities, commission the deployment of at least 50 high frequency aerial surveillance drones with night/infrared capabilities across those communities.”

Akinlade added that the government should “request from relevant Federal Authorities, the deployment of a joint task force security patrol comprising the armed forces and police.”

He suggested setting up surveillance hubs in the areas to provide the much needed intelligence for the security outfits to stop the continuous loss of innocent lives.

He said, "it is common knowledge that the cheapest and most efficient way to manage insecurity is to deploy deterrent mechanisms such as security tech hubs, communal intelligence gathering and leading from the front.”

While saying the primary responsibility of governance is the protection of lives and properties of the governed, Akinlade said, “enough of condemnations, it is time to act"

The agro-entrepreneur also described as grossly irresponsible, a statement credited to Lagos West Senator, Solomon Adeola, whom he accused of making an inflammatory statement over a matter that has claimed scores of lives across Ogun West.

“The Senator representing Lagos West was said to have insinuated that he was ready to join his ‘adopted kinsmen’ to take up arms in self defence.

“Truth be told, it is clear that the Lagos-born federal lawmaker lacks depth on current matters of security confronting our people at this point in time.

“Although, we are members of the same party, APC, we share diverse views on how the security of our dear state should be handled", he said.

He further emphasised that “it was disheartening to see an Imeko-born political appointee under the present administration join the bandwagon of ‘social media condemnation’, rather than advise the CSO of the State with whom he has unfettered access on how to reverse this ugly tread confronting our people on a daily basis.”

Meanwhile, the Ipokia indigene expressed his heartfelt condolences to the families of all those who have lost loved ones, while assuring them that “this governmental negligence will soon end.”

That dapo abiodun nah one kin confuse person.

Dapo abiodun is tinubu's boy...they dont want to jeopardize tinubus presidential ambition...so they can sacrifice some lives of their citizen...

Its called blood sacrifice

His name is darudapo, so don't expect anything meaningful from him. If there's ever any award for the most useless governor of the year, Dapo Abiodun ought to be winning it yearly.