The Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) has condemned the kidnap of former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae.
It said the incident revealed the helplessness of the police and other security agencies.
A statement by its National Chairman, Olawale Oshun, said it was unbelievable that a personality like Falae could be kidnapped in his own state.
The statement reads: “ARG is aware that the Department of State Security (DSS) is located in all local government areas. But rather than face the arduous task of covert operations, its agents are all over the place, hobnobbing with politicians and grandstanding in the media.
“ARG deems it unimaginable and an insult on the Yoruba that such kidnap can take place within the ambit of Ondo State where Chief Falae is not only a well known personality but also one of the prominent leaders – it is immaterial whether it took place on a farm or not.
“ARG also observes that many high profile kidnappings in the Southwest were perpetrated by non-Yoruba.
“ARG urges President Muhammadu Buhari to give internal security the same priority as corruption and economy. We hope that he will do all he can to solve this onerous problem.
“However, as development stakeholders in the Nigerian project, Yoruba have always stood for the need to decentralise the national security framework according to the dictate of true federalism.
“ARG calls on Yoruba traditional leaders, monarchs, village heads, and regents to live up to their traditionally accepted role of securing their subjects and domains.”
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