Fulani herdsmen storm Ogun to ‘settle and graze’

No fewer than twenty Fulani herdsmen have arrived in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.
According to the herdsmen, they were in the state to “settle and graze”.

This was made known by the Ogun State Police Command in a statement on Monday through its spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi.
Oyeyemi said the herdsmen have been profiled and that though anyone was free to reside in any part of the country, the condition under which the herdsmen came into the city called for caution.
He, however, advised members of the public to go about their businesses without any fear.
The statement reads: “The attention of Ogun State Police Command has been drawn to a social media report that some group of people suspected to be Fulani herdsmen came into Opeji area of Abeokuta in two trucks and the Command wish to clarify the issue as follows:

That on Monday 22nd of January 2018, we received an intelligence report about the arrival of a group of people numbering about twenty who are suspected to be Fulani herdsmen into Opeji area and their mission in the area is highly suspicious.
Upon the report the Commissioner of Police CP Ahmed Iliyasu quickly directed the Adatan Area Commander, the DPO Odeda Division and Assistant Commissioner of Police Department of Operations to move in to the place and find out who the people are and what their mission is about. He further directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police in-charge of Department Of Criminal Investigation and Intelligence to carry out full scale investigation into their mission.
2. It was discovered that the men are of Fulani extraction from Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State and they came to Opeji on the invitation of a man who claimed to be the Baale of the area and claimed to have had long time relationship with them to settle and graze in the area.
3. In as much as every Nigerian has the right to live in any part of the Country, the Police whose constitutional responsibility is to protect life and properties is duty bound to access, profile and investigate anybody whose aim of coming to Ogun is suspicious.

4. In view of the above, the Command wish to inform the good people of Ogun State that the men are under strict surveillance, they have been profiled and put under proper monitoring and their movement restricted by Operatives from the intelligence Bureau and other formations such as FSARS, Anti-kidnapping, Cultism Units and Police Mobile Force PMF.
5. Also the Command Operatives at all level in the State have been put on red alert to forestall any likely incident or security breach across the State. We are working in collaboration with other sister Security Agencies as well as the Stakeholders proactively put in place at Divisional, Area Command at State level with the mandate of meeting and carrying out dialogue with all concerned entities to forestall any ugly incident.
6. The Command therefore wish to allay the fears of the good and peace loving people of the State of rumors from mischief makers of any imminent attack. People should go about their lawful businesses without the fear of harassment or molestation from anybody as the Police and other sister Security Agencies are on ground to ensure security of life and properties at all times.”

Youth unemployment: Expert calls for stakeholders’ collaboration on capacity-building On January 29, 20186:20 pmIn NewsComments By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA – Stakeholders have been urged to strengthen collaboration towards improving the capacity of youths as a way of tackling the problem of unemployment in Nigeria. Mr. Austin Ikechukwu, the Chief Executive Officer, Better Me Advocacy, who gave the statement while speaking with Vanguard on the sidelines of a youth empowerment programme tagged “Smartstart101: The Power of Decisions” which held in Abuja, reiterated the need for the stakeholders to strengthen collaboration towards tackling the unemployment challenge in the country by building the capacity of the youths. unemployment Ikechukwu said there must be deliberate actions on the part of government, institutions of higher learning, religious bodies and the private sector to address the countless problems associated with youth unemployment. The Chief Executive Officer, Better Me Advocacy, contended that much would not be achieved when there are uncoordinated efforts by stakeholders to address the myriad of problems affecting Nigeria’s youth population. “Unemployment and cultism among youths are two national issues and their impacts are crosscutting, they retard the development of our society as well as our people. “As a result of this, efforts must be made to ensure there exists an effective system of collaboration between all stakeholders in order to raise the capacity of the youths; this is the only way to minimise the negative impact of these problems,” he stated Ikechukwu also said that the stakeholders’ collaboration which he advocates should involve those concerned with value orientation and re-orientation, saying they need to be proactive towards tackling these issues. He however lamented that about 70 per cent of Nigerian graduates were unemployable, adding that unless drastic measures were taken to increase the capacity of youths, the number would rise by 2020. Ikechukwu, who authored several self-improvement books during a 17-year period in prison, however, urged youths not to wait for others to harness and refine their potentials but to embark on journeys of self-discovery as a starting point towards improving their own capacities. According to him, this is necessary because the youths will have to handle affairs of the entire nation in the course of time. “Nigerians are living in hopelessness; expectations are cut short and hopes are destroyed. It is like a syndrome because nobody wants to take responsibility. “The youths should know that they cannot be stopped unless they stop themselves. I reiterate the greatest challenge that is facing us as a nation is the low capacity of the Nigerian youth. That is why most of those who eventually leave the higher institutions cannot fit in properly in the larger society. The youths are actually the reason why they are sidelined in the scheme of things,” he stated

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