Alao Tackles Makinde Over Proposed Peace Talks With ‘Area Boys’, Cult Groups

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By; BAYO AKAMO,  Ibadan

All Progressives Congress (APC) Chieftain in Oyo State, Engineer Hakeem Alao on Sunday,
described the planned  peace talks of the Oyo state government with area boys and cult groups in the state has political undertones.
The APC Chieftain in a statement in Ibadan by his Media Office, stated that in as much as it ” is a welcome development to hold peace talks with those considered are relevant to ensure peace in the state, the timing is suspect.” 
Engineer Alao emphasized that it was unfortunate thatccording to the APC Chieftain, since Engr Makinde came on board as governor, he has continued ” to pamper those causing crises in the state and elevated thuggery, hooliganism and bringadary to the worst level in the history of the state”.
” While it is commendable that the administration of Governor Makinde is ready to hold peace talks with the area boys and other groups to ensure peace in the state, however this coming when the administration is almost three years in office shows that there is no sincerity behind the decision”, he said
The APC Chieftain added, ” in as much as we are not averse to doing everything possible for the state to have peace, what is not in doubt is that Governor Makinde refused to listen to calls in the recent past by prominent indigenes that include former governor, late Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala, tasking him to call a Council of State meeting comprising of former governors and other stakeholders to address security challenges in the state. 
Alleging that the governor ” refused to take any serious actions on the crimes of gruesome killing, kidnapping, raping, robbery, among others, going on all over the state”, Engr Alao said the governor did not heed calls of prominent stakeholders to do the needful and save the state from orgy of violence and insecurity.
” Holding peace talks with area boys when the 2023 general election is around the corner gives room for suspicion. It is nothing but an avenue for the governor to unify the area boys for an agenda not in the general interest of the people.”

He maintained that Governor Makinde ” owes the people of the state while it is now that their security is his concern, the decision to have peace talks with the area boys cannot but be a way of using them as tools for the 2023 general elections with the government bringing them under its umbrella.”

The APC Chieftain declared that the decision coming at this time showed that Governor Makinde had all along been playing politics with the security of lives and property of the people, and that he would fail as he cannot pull wool over the faces of the people who have for close to three years failed to sleep with their two eyes closed. 

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