A chieftain of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde has described the attack on the Olubadan of Ibadan's palace, on Monday 26th Sep, 2017, as brigandage of unprecedented proportion.
Engr. Makinde revealed that he was shell shocked and embarrassed by calls from eminent Nigerians, calling his attention to the fact that his hometown, Ibadan, has been in the news in recent times but for the wrong albeit avoidable reasons.
Engr. Makinde revealed that in his over 40 years of life as an indigene of Ibadan, he had never heard of when an Olubadan's palace was attacked. In Yoruba land, palaces are sacred places and it is anathemic to attack them by any right thinking person. Engr. Makinde remembered that even during Yoruba civil war in the 19th century, Ibadan is known as a power centre and defender of Yoruba territorial integrity and queried why and how we found ourselves in this mess that spits in the face of our heritage.
He opined that if a government that prides itself as harbinger of peace in its sixth year of running the state can be caught napping while hoodlums attack a revered palace during a traditional ceremony and event, then such government needs to be challenged on the claimed billions purportedly spent to maintain law and order. The recent allegations and the EFCC's intervention on the corruption issue that the Oyo state APC government spent over N300m to fight supposed Boko Haram invasion then becomes more questionable.
He called on people of the state to rise to the occasion because such incident should not be swept under the carpet whilst demanding for thorough investigation that will bring to justice the perpetrators.
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