The governorship candidate of Accord Party in Oyo State, Chief Adebayo Adelabu has decried the level of insecurity in the State under the watch of Governor Seyi Makinde.
In a statement issued by the governorship candidate’s campaign office, while reacting to the reported killing of a 10-year old boy in Igboora, headquarters of the Ibarapa Central Local Government, allegedly by an agent of the Mukaila Lamidi-led Park Management System, PMS, Chief Adelabu raised the alarm over rising insecurity in the state while calling for justice for the slain minor.
Chief Adelabu expressed his deep condolences to the family of the deceased, praying Allah to give them the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.
The former Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria turned politician, said under Governor Makinde, acts of terrorism, robbery incidents have taken over the state while the administration seems helpless in tackling the menace.
Adelabu faulted the state government’s calm disposition to insecurity in the state with hoodlums having a field day, harassing peace-loving residents.
Adelabu, who drew a sharp contrast between the Senator Abiola Ajimobi-led administration and that of Makinde in terms of the safety the state enjoyed in the last administration, reiterated his commitment to a safer Oyo State if elected governor.
He vowed to leverage on his experience as Chairman, Oyo State Security Trust Fund Board of Trustees, in combating insecurity head-on when he becomes governor.
Speaking on a recent threat to his life and those of his supporters on his way from a tour of Oke-Ogun area, Chief Adelabu called for issue based campaigns rather than politics of acrimony as displayed by thugs of the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Senator Teslim Folarin.
