Don’t Blame Us When We Fight Back, Adams Tells FG – TheNigerialawyer

The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Chief Gani Adams has said
that the Yoruba ethnic group should not be blamed if it decides to
react to the killings in the region.

He was reacting to the killing of Mrs Olufunke Olakunrin, the
daughter of Reuben Fasoranti, leader of Afenifere, a pan-Yoruba
socio-cultural group.

She was shot dead by armed men along Benin-Ore road on Friday
afternoon. Yinka Odumakin, spokesman of Afenifere, attributed the
incident to herdsmen. However, Thisday could not independently
verify his claim.

In a statement by his media aide, Kehinde Aderemi, Adams said
the Yoruba race was not short of ideas needed to put an end to
atrocities in the region.

Adams, who is the leader of Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC),
described the death of Olakunrin as an invasion of the peaceful
atmosphere of the south-west region.

“We only want the whole world to know what has been done and
being done to our people. They should be aware of the actions that
preceded our reaction when it eventually comes,” he said.

“We are not bereft of ideas of how to stop this criminality on
our land. It is just so that we should not be blamed when the
reaction comes.

“We are like the proverbial goat that it being chased. When it
gets to the wall, it will certainly react. We are at that stage
now.”

He commiserated with Fasoranti, praying God to comfort him and
his entire household.

Meanwhile, Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola yesterday
described the killing of Mrs Olakunri as a dastardly act that
should be probed.

According to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr.
Adeniyi Adesina, the governor, who expressed shock, condemned the
killing of Pa Fasoranti’s daughter and called on security agents
not to leave any stone unturned in the probe to ensure that the
killers are nabbed and brought to justice.

“This should not be another case of unresolved murder. All
efforts should be made to get to the root of this,” Oyetola
said.

He condoled with Pa Fasoranti and Ondo State Governor, Mr.
Rotimi Akeredolu, over the death.

The youth wing of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, apex Igbo socio-cultural
organisation, has also reacted to the killing, saying it could
spark another “tribal war”.