Osun: Adeleke Summons Security Chiefs Over Cult Killings, Security Breaches

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has summoned heads of security agencies in the state to a meeting over recent security breaches, particularly killings linked to rival cult groups.

 

The governor’s Special Adviser on Security Matters, Samuel Ojo, disclosed this, saying the meeting would be held on Wednesday to deliberate on measures to address the growing security concerns.

 

Ojo said the meeting would focus on the recent killings involving suspected cultists and other violent crimes in the state.

 

He added that the meeting would also consider measures to make forests across the state safer, following the recent killing of an ISWAP leader in Owo, Ondo State.

 

“We are holding a security meeting on Wednesday, by the special grace of God, to reassure our people and put our security agencies on their toes.

 

“What happened in Ondo is a lesson to those criminals hibernating in the forests. We will not take it lightly with anyone using the forest as a hideout,” he said.

 

The governor’s aide said the meeting would also address the spate of killings by rival cult groups recorded in recent weeks.

 

“Aside from that, we are also using the meeting to address the incessant killings by rival cult groups in the past weeks.

 

“We need to meet and discuss how to stop these killings by cult groups or any other violent crimes hiding under that canopy,” Ojo added.

 

He stressed the need to end the violence to protect the image of the state, warning perpetrators of violent crimes to desist or face serious consequences.

 

“We need to stop it, so as not to give our state a bad name, because nobody knows what they are fighting for or why they are killing themselves,” he said.

 

Two separate attacks involving rival cult groups in Osogbo, the state capital, between last Friday and Sunday reportedly left two people dead and about five others injured.

 

Following the latest attack, the Osun State Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Zungura, ordered tactical teams to raid suspected criminal hideouts in Osogbo.