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Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has condemned the killings of three traditional rulers in Ekiti State, saying it would do everything possible to secure the South West region.
The foremost Yoruba socio-cultural organisation also urged the Federal Government to fish out the killers and bring them to book.
OPC, in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Yinka Oguntimehin, was reacting to the murder of three Ekiti monarchs, including Onimojo of Imojo-Ekiti, Olatunde Samuel Olusola, Elesun of Esun-Ekiti, David Babatunde Ogunsola and the Olukoro of Koro Ekiti in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, Oba Olusegun Aremu Cole, whose wife had been in the captivity for the past five days.
Oguntimehin said it was sad the monarchs died in such a situation, adding that OPC would not fold its arms and leave gunmen to spill blood of innocent people in such a dastardly act.
“We have indicated our resolve to assist the government of the South West region in addressing the surge of killings in Yoruba land.
“OPC will not allow the South West to be used as an abattoir where innocent people will be slaughtered and gunmen would live like king in our region. It is unacceptable. We will resist any attempt by gunmen to turn Yoruba land into a den of killers
The OPC publicity scribe said though the students and teachers of Apostolic Faith Nursery and Primary School in Emure-Ekiti had regained their freedom after paying ransom to their abductors, the driver was killed in the process.
“It is unfortunate now that reports o killings and kidnappings are spreading across South West. We appeal to the federal and the state governments to co-opt the OPC in their attempt to solving the security challenges in the country.
“We are ready to salvage the region from marauders and killers that have infiltrated our region. Those behind the killings of the three traditional rulers would not go unpunished,” Oguntimehin said.
