Members of the Oodua Peoples Congress have arrested the notorious Fulani warlord terrorising Oyo communities , Iskilu Wakili.
Kehinde Aderemi, Special Assistant on Media to Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland , Gani Adams Adams , confirmed this to The PUNCH on Sunday .
“ Yes, he has been arrested by our team . You will get details later ,” he said on the telephone .
Meanwhile, the pan- Yoruba socio -cultural organization , Afenifere has commended OPC for the arrest of Wakili.
The National Publicity Secretary of Afenifere , Yinka Odumakin , in a statement on Sunday , said , “ Afenifere gives tremendous commendation to OPC under Iba Gani Adams for the arrest of Iskilu Wakili, a Fulani bandit who has been spreading terror on ou people in Igboho area and the Nigerian Police and other security agencies unable to do anything about him.
“ The early morning peaceful arrest confirms our position on how effective local initiative can do well in homeland security.
“ We were not shocked that but for the intervention by the leadership in Oyo State , the Police would have gone after the OPC boys instead of taking the criminal from them and do the needful .
“ Nigeria is going nowhere with a security network that shuns federalism .”
OPC had on February 27 arrested the second -in- command to the alleged dreaded kidnapper , one Isiaka Muhammadu.
Details later …
Credit: PressExpress