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The Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has voiced strong disapproval of what it termed the worsening security situation in Kwara and Kogi states, following continued assaults by armed elements described as “organised terrorists”.
This position was conveyed in a communique released after a meeting held in Osun State. The statement, signed by the group’s leader, Oba Oladipo Olaitan, and its National Publicity Secretary, Prince Justice Faloye, blamed the Federal Government for failing in its responsibility to safeguard lives and communities against unrelenting attacks.
The gathering, which included delegates from Ekiti, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, and Oyo states, criticised what Afenifere called the “non-proactive response” of the government to ongoing violence and displacement in parts of the Middle Belt.
The communique noted that assaults, especially those targeting Oke-Ode and various other communities in Kwara South, appeared to be a deliberate effort to seize indigenous lands and impose a socio-political ideology on the area.
“The Nigerian state has failed in its primary duty of protecting lives and property. Successive governments have been held hostage by a minority of invaders obsessed with the notion of owning Nigeria’s 250 million indigenous nationalities,” the group stated.
Afenifere expressed concern that many Yoruba-speaking communities in Kwara South—such as Ologomo, Ajegunle, Agban, Owode, Alasoro, Alawan, Bankole, Oreke, Babanla, Ayetoro, and Oke-Ode—had been abandoned by residents due to frequent and sustained attacks.
In the same vein, towns in Kogi West Senatorial District, including Eruku, Okoloke, Egbe, Odo-eri, Itakete-Ide, and Ife-Olukotun, have faced repeated terrorist invasions, leaving locals fearful and unable to carry out farming or travel safely.
The organisation strongly condemned what it described as “festivals of killings” taking place across Nigeria, cautioning that the federal government’s failure to act decisively could endanger the unity of the nation.
Afenifere reaffirmed its longstanding demand for the immediate introduction of state and community policing, asserting that decentralised security arrangements are essential in a multi-ethnic federation such as Nigeria.
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu must act now. Security is at a state of emergency, and the creation of state police can no longer wait under the guise of national consensus,” the statement read.
The pan-Yoruba organisation also encouraged ethnic nationalities to consider self-defence measures and to revitalise traditional systems aimed at protecting their communities from external threats.
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