Ondo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lashed out at Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa over the rising state of insecurity in some parts of the state.
According to the Publicity Secretary of the party, Kennedy Peretei, the governor had recently been seen dancing at events without showing remorse for the agony the people had been going through in terms of insecurity.
Peretei stressed that the claim by Aiyedatiwa that residents of the state are “lucky” contradicted the harrowing experience the people had been subjected to across the state.
He further stated that going by the governor’s demeanour, he had continued to show lack of commitment towards curbing the situation.
“In the month of July this year, some members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in a commuter bus travelling through Ifon, Ose Local Government Area, were kidnapped for several days.
“Two of the Youth Corpers were killed; the others were released after a heavy ransom was paid. One month later, in August, one Sunday Ayeni was brutally murdered by suspected herdsmen around Oka-Akoko in Akoko South West Local Government Area.
“The women who had abandoned their farms due to fear stormed the palace of the Olubaka of Oka-land, His Royal Majesty, Oba Adebori Adeleye, half naked, in an unprecedented protest.”
“The women told the monarch of the abduction, rape, and kidnapping of members of their families in their farms that have become regular occurrences.”
“On Thursday, 5th September, 2024, Sunday, Oladele, a commercial motorcycle rider, popularly called Okada, and his passenger, Lucia Ayelabola, were attacked at Obatedo Familugba, in Akure North Local Government Area, by suspected herdsmen.
“Their attackers, numbering about ten, clad in black upon black attire, wielded pump action guns and matchets. Mrs. Lucia was severely shot at and all her valuable items removed as she was allowed to die helplessly, soaked in her own blood.
“Sunday, who escaped, told the story of how the herdsmen chased him in the forest through his blood that marked his escape route. Sunday is still bedridden from the wounds sustained during the incident.
“The inability of the state security architecture to rise to this embarrassing occasion calls to question what exactly is Governor Aiyedatiwa’s plan to secure the people beyond dancing around the state as a ‘lucky’ governor.
“Governors who are proactive provide vehicles for security agencies and other logistics to combat security challenges of this nature. After lamentations, we all wait for the criminals to strike again and again. In these modern times, is it difficult to deploy technology to arrest this ugly trend, considering the humongous amounts accruing to the state as allocation from the federal government?
“When next you want to say Ondo State is lucky because Aiyedatiwa is governor, remember the families that are victims of the government’s insensitivity in the area of securing lives and properties in our state.
“I have no doubt in my mind that Ondo State has been very “unlucky” with Aiyedatiwa because he has no idea of what can be done to secure all of us,” the party stated.