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Vanguard, MONDAY, JUNE 7, 2021—5
POCKET CARTOON
Igangan massacre callous,
provocative — S’WEST GOVS
•Outrage as gunmen kill over 20 in fresh attack on Igangan •Over 50 attackers came on 20 motorcycles—
RESIDENT •Monarch’s whereabouts unknown •We sent intelligence report, says ex-council boss •Residents
vow to resort to self-defence •Igangan killings devastating, dehumanising — ALAAFIN •War is imminent,
says Gani Adams •S-West govs should ask Buhari if we’re not wanted in Nigeria — YCE• We’re in control of
the situation—Makinde•We can’t confirm casualty figure — POLICE
By Dayo Johnson, Regional Editor, South-
West, Dapo Akinrefon, Ola Ajayi & Deola
Badru
IBADAN — NO fewer
than 20 persons were
on Saturday killed by
gunmen in Igangan in
Ibarapa North Local
Government Area of Oyo
State as the South-West
Governors’ Forum,
yesterday, condemned
the killings, describing
them as horrendous,
callous, and highly
provocative.
Chairman of the forum,
Governor Akeredolu of
Ondo State, in a
statement titled: ‘Igangan
provocative onslaught
one too many’, urged
Nigerians to condemn the
dastardly act.
The statement reads: “All
well-meaning Nigerians
must condemn, in the
strongest term possible,
this latest assault on
decency and communal
harmony.
“We have just received
with rude shock the
premeditated attack on
our people at Igangan,
Ibarapa, Oyo State, in the
early hours of Sunday.
“This cowardly
onslaught on a peaceful
community has
occasioned loss of lives
and property on a large
scale.
“It is horrendous,
callous, and highly
provocative. All wellmeaning
Nigerians must
condemn, in the strongest
terms possible, this latest
assault on decency and
communal harmony.
“While we will
encourage the security
agencies to get to the root
of this latest act of
provocation, we have
directed the Commanders
of the South West Security
Network, Amotekun, to
convoke a joint security
meeting of all
Commanders in the South
West with a view to
commencing joint
operations in the region
immediately. “We must
reiterate the fact that
certain elements are bent
on causing friction among
the peoples of this country
with the sole aim of
achieving a pernicious
end.
“They will stop at
nothing until their set goal
is realized. It is, therefore,
incumbent on all lovers of
peace and freedom to rise
against this current
regression into savagery.
“We on our part are
resolved to defend our
people, their property, and
all legitimate means of
livelihood against both
internal and external
aggression.
“On this, there will be no
compromise. We call on
our people to remain
vigilant and report any
suspicious movement in
their communities.
“In addition, they must
be united in the task of
defending our lives and
properties. We cannot
afford to fail.”
Gunmen kill
over 20 in
Igangan
fresh attack
Six days after the
Chairman of Amotekun
Corps in Oyo State, Maj.
Gen. Ajibola Togun, retd,
raised the alarm that
some foreign herders
were about to unleash
terror on the South-West,
scores of gunmen, on
Saturday night, attacked
Igangan in Ibarapa North
Local Government Area
of the state, killing over
20 persons.
The latest killings,
however, generated angry
reactions from the Alaafin
of Oyo, Oba Lamidi
Adeyemi, who described
the attack and killing as
devastating and
dehumanising.
Similarly, the Aare-Ona-
Kakanfo of Yorubaland,
Iba Gani Adams, who
described the killings as
one too many, warned that
the attack is an invitation
to war.
In its immediate
reaction, the Yoruba
Council of Elders, YCE,
urged South-West
governors to ask
President Muhammadu
Buhari if South-
Westerners are still
wanted in Nigeria.
But as a way of calming
frayed nerves, Governor
Seyi Makinde of Oyo
State urged residents of
the state to remain calm,
saying security operatives
are in control of the
situation.
The gunmen were said
to have struck at
midnight, killing,
maiming and setting
houses ablaze.
At press time yesterday,
it was gathered that over
20 people were killed,
cars burnt and over 20
houses razed.
Also, the palace of
Asigangan of Igangan
land, Oba Adewuyi
Olaoye, was not spared
and the monarch,
according to reports, was
Left : Hon. Stella Okotete, Executive Director, Business Development,
Nigeria Export Import Bank (NEXIM); Dikko Umaru Radda, Director-
General, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria
(SMEDAN); Mr. Idris Samaila Nyam, Commissioner for Business, Innovation
and Technology, Kaduna State; Mr Abubakar Abba Bello, Managing Director,
NEXIM Bank, Umma Yusuf Aboki, Executive Secretary, Kaduna Investment
Promotion Agency at NEXIM Bank Export Enlightenment Forum in Kaduna
over the weekend.
whisked away by the
bandits.
Also, in a viral video, a
man was seen crying
while recording the gory
scenes asking if Yoruba
would fold their arms and
watch bandits hack them
down.
He said: “What is the
Yoruba doing? See how
these herders killed our
people. See how they
mutilated their bodies. We
say we don’t want to live
with these blood-sucking
people again, some
people are saying no.
Let’s just sit by and watch.
The consequences are
very glaring.”
Spokesperson of
Igangan community, Mr.
Taiwo Adeagbo, said the
herders also burnt the
palace of the monarch in
the agrarian town.
Confirming the attack,
former caretaker
chairman of the council,
Mr. Tunji Omolewu, who
said he rushed down to
Igangan on Sunday
morning to verify the
attacks, said: “I got the
call around 11 pm. We
were on our way from
Ekiti where we had gone
to do the Yoruba nation
rally.
“I got to Ibadan around
midnight and when the
calls did not stop coming,
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On decision by FG to ban Twitter
By Providence
Adeyinka
Nigerians are killed
daily and nothing
is done, what they are
after is Twitter. What
kind of government do
we have in this country?
They can’t tackle
insecurity and they
suspend Twitter. Is
Twitter our problem?
They want to silence us,
but God will fight for us.
—Valentino Asiegbu,
Engineer
Ican conclude that they
don’t know what they
are doing. If the
Presidency has dealt
with insurgents and
bandits with the same
energy and manner it
dealt with Twitter, the
war against insurgency
and banditry would have
been won! We can now
logically infer that the
greatest insurgents and
bandits are the leaders.
—Esther Adetona,
Merchant
We have a law against
hate speech and
PMB's tweet was
sanctionable so Twitter deleted
it. If it was an individual, the
FG would have arrested such
and say it’s hate speech. They
have been trying to control
Nigerians on social media so
that the world won’t know
what goes on here. His
advisers are advising him
wrongly. The world is
laughing at us.
—Blessing Ayo,
Trader
Shame on PMB’s
advisers! They have
failed to obey the policy
of a social media
platform that is a source
of entertainment,
education and business
to not just Nigerians
alone.
This is a clear case of bad
governance and I am
happy that the world is
seeing the kind of
government we have.
—Arisa Ugochukwu,
Bizman
It’s really sad,
especially with the
state of the economy
being in a shambles.
People are being killed,
there are no jobs, food is
expensive, no electricity,
the education system is
a joke, yet, we find a
way to survive. And you
still want to silence the
voice of the people?
R u b b i s h !
#ThisNigeriaNaWeGetAm
—Emmanuel Obajodeci,
Self-employed
The ban on Twitter by
the FG is childish. I
say so because former
President Trump’s Twitter
account was blocked and
nothing happened. This
action has made them
look foolish, like a
leadership without
direction. We abandon our
problems in Nigeria and
are discussing something
that is immaterial.
—Prince Saviour Ichie,
Entrepreneur