The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja 11 has on Monday urged the six Southwest governors to take politics aside to seek for the development of the region together as they should see themselves as one in ensuring that the security of lives and property of the citizens in the region is maximumly secured.

Ooni of Ife disclosed this during the meeting tagged “Southwest Geopolitical Zone Security Summit” which was convened by the Inspector-General of Police to unveil his security agenda for the region and to discuss issues and strategies to be adopted in addressing the security challenges in the geopolitical zone.

The Oni of Ife said, “A nation without adequate security of lives and property will never develop”.

“I urged all the Southwest governors to take politics aside to seek for the development of the region together while they should see themselves as one in ensuring that the security of lives and property of the citizens in the region is maximumly secured” he said.

While commending the efforts and commitments of the twentieth indigenous Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed A. Adamu, “I really appreciate the efforts and commitments of the IGP, Adamu for this uncommon initiative. The IGP has made the promise of tackling insecurity challenges in Nigeria at a meeting with the president,  Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja of which I was there, and now, this step shows that the Nigeria Police Force is truly serious to curb the insecurity threats in the country”.

He further stated that, what came out of the meeting is that, all stakeholders would be carried along. That means, we are making progress in our region.

Ooni of Ife however charged the leadership of the Nigeria Police Force to continue doing more in tackling the insecurity challenges in the country to ensure the safety of lives and property of the citizens in the region and Nigeria at large is secured.