Youths from various parts of Oyo State have stormed the State Secretariat at Agodi to express their dissatisfaction on the criminalities by criminal herdsmen in Ibarapa communities and other parts of the state.

The youths are also protesting for the release of the arrested three members of the Oodua Peoples Congress who were part of the vigilante groups that captured the dreaded Fulani herder in Ibarapaland, Iskilu Wakili.  

The 3 arrested OPC members were layer charged with murder and arson and were remanded in prison.

One of the organisers of the protest, Oladiran Oladokun, who is also the Converner of Igangan Development Advocates, expressed that the remand of the three OPC members was a signal to many Nigerians that security agents should be left alone to do their job.

He disclosed that Wakili terrorised the people for so long and despite their refusal to arrest him, the OPC members and others risked their lives to arrest the septuagenarian herder but they were detained by the police on the same day.

Oladokun noted that “We are here to protest the arrest and remand of the three OPC members in prison. These men are heroes; they risked their lives to arrest Wakili who has terrorised the people of Kajola, Ayete and other villages.

“They went to Wakili’s place and arrested him but the police turned against them and detained them. This is a bad signal to Nigerians on security issues.”