The Yoruba militant group, Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) has issued out 21-day ultimatum to the Nigeria Police to fish out the killers of Mrs Funke Olakunrin’s killers otherwise they would embark on an operation to drive out all criminals from the Yorubaland.
The statement was issued in Ibadan by the Public Relations Officer of the group, Mr Adesina Akinpelu on Thursday.
“Time has come for us to act now. We will no longer fold our hands and allow herdsmen to continue to kill us like cows.
“We cannot continue to use the blood of our people to keep Nigeria’s unity. We are giving the police and other security agencies a 21-day ultimatum to fish out the killers of Mrs Funke Olakunrin.
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“Failure to fish out the killers, we will have no option but to take the destiny of our people in our hands and drive out all criminally-minded Fulani herdsmen, their accomplices among the Yoruba and other tribes perpetrating crimes in Yoruba land,” Akinpelu said.
The group, while accusing the Fulani oligarchy of trying to re-capture Yorubaland after failing in previous attempts, stated that it would resist any attempt to silence the Yoruba leaders for voicing their opinion on insecurity in the country.
“We are aware that this is part of the grand conspiracy of the Fulani oligarchy to re-capture Yoruba land after failing in previous attempts. These Fulani were responsible for the fall of the first and second Oyo empires through cunning methods. Their third attempt which was a real war was met with stiff resistance from the Yoruba people who drove them back after they reached Osogbo.
“The killing of Mrs Funke Olakunrin is a part of a grand conspiracy of the Fulani oligarchy to silence some of our leaders from speaking the truth and making a critical appraisal of President Muhammadu Buhari’s government,” he said.
www.sojworldnews.com (c) July 19, 2019
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