Governor Seyi Makinde has met with the President in Abuja today on the issue of security in Oyo State, reports reaching OYOGist.com confirms.
The Oyo State governor was in company of Ondo State Governor where they deliberated over matters of heardsmen and insecurity in their verious states with the president.
After the meeting, Governor Seyi Makinde met with the members of the State Press for a briefing of their meeting. The Governor revealed that he wanted to make sure Mr President had a first hand information on what is going on in Oyo State, aside from what he describes as “fake news” flying around.
He explained that every Nigerian has rights to live anywhere they want within the country, so far they are law abiding and that fulani’s and herdsmen are not the problem of Oyo State but the kidnappers, bandits and criminals.
Speaking further, he said one of the challenges Oyo State faces is its massive size. In comparison, the Governor said Oyo State alone is bigger than all the states in the South East put together and this poses a security challenge itself. He therefore asked the President to increase the security presence in the state.
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