By Zion Oyelade
Following the recent security threat occasioned by the suspected invaders, Yoruba traditional rulers have called for a redesigning of the security architecture that would recognize the peculiarity of each region.
This is contained in a communique read on behalf of the Yoruba Crowns at the end of the Security Summit put together by Ile Oodua held at Ojaja Arena, Ife Grand Resort and Industrial Hub, Ile Ife, Osun State.
The Summit which attracted over one hundred and fifty Kings led by Ooni of Ife Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi including Aare Ona Kakanfo, Iba Gani Adams, Araba Awo of Osogbo, Ifayemi Elebuibon, Amotekun Commandant of Ondo, and host of others converged on Ojaja Arena to deliberate on the security challenge facing the region.
Speaking, Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke who described the summit as timely and non-partisan said bringing the Yoruba race back to her cultural values and uniting against traditional threats were the way to go.
Senator Adeleke who was represented by his deputy, Prince Kola Adewusi maintained that it was high time the traditional rulers re-embrace the traditional science and language for total development.
In his submission, the Summit Converner, Ooni of Ife Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi said the summit was organized to arrest the coming threat aimed at destabilizing the peace and progress of Yoruba land.
Delivering his paper on Kidnapping and Banditry by the Chairman, Police Service Commission, Mr Solomon Arase and Araba Awo of Osogbo, Baba Ifayemi Elebuibon who spoke on ‘Yoruba Legacy of African Science: Overcoming the Twin Menace’ said the main motive behind this had been for economic expansion by some marauders, saying the menace had largely been responsible for the recent food insecurity ravaging the Yoruba land.
They said any attempt by modern religion to brush off Yoruba of her culture, especially traditional science should be rejected.
Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Adams who advocated a law forbidding any king that refused to be cultured before being enthroned, added that Amotekun and other local security outfits should be properly structured to involve the forestry department that would take the fight to them.
According to the communique which was read by Professor Siyan Oyeweso, Yoruba traditional rulers who also demanded that the country be returned to a Parliamentary System of government said this would not only confer them a legal role but would make each region develop at their pace as it was in the first Republic.
The summit resolved to present a bill to President Bola Tinubu as an executive bill to the National Assembly to legalise the resolutions of the traditional authorities of Yoruba.
Other notable personalities at the summit were Chief Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho, Chief Akin Oshuntokun, Chief Shuiab Oyedokun, Nigerian Security Agencies, local security outfits and others.
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