Reports of terrorists taking over some forests in Oyo State have heightened tension, with many fearing that the situation could spiral if current handling subsists. According to the senor citizens, the “failings” of the nation’s service chiefs are largely responsible for the inability to check the marauding foreign militias occupying forest reserves in the South West. In a statement yesterday in Abuja by its National Coordinator, Zana Goni, CNEPD said globally, intelligence-led law enforcement was the way out of security challenges. RELATEDLY, President Buhari has been urged to handle the herders-farmers impasse with utmost caution for peace to reign in the country. An outspoken socio-political activist and critic, Chief Adesunbo Onitiri, in a statement yesterday, said the nomads occupying farmlands in Yorubaland and other southern states should also be called to order to avoid needless bloody clashes.

Source: The Guardian January 26, 2021 03:11 UTC