In Oyo state,
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has said his government will not allow anyone cause ethnic tension or harass anyone carrying out legitimate businesses in the state.
The Governor made this comment on Friday while receiving the new police boss in Oyo state, Mrs. Ngozi Onadeko who paid a courtesy visit to him in his office.
This comes after tensions were raised on Friday in the Ibarapa axis of the state where a local activist, Sunday Igboho had given Fulanis in the area an ultimatum to leave the state over alleged criminality by herdsmen.
Videos shared on social media showed Igboho holding a well-attended rally where he swore to drive out Fulani herdsmen from the entire Yorubaland for causing insecurity and banditry.
However, Makinde said his government and security agencies need not wage war against any particular ethnic group but against criminal elements, irrespective of their tribes or religion.
The governor added that his administration would not allow anyone to threaten the peace of the state by acting unlawfully and saying things that alien to the constitution, noting that acts that are capable of causing chaos in the state will not be accepted.
He promised that his administration would continue to work with all security agencies in the state to fight criminals, hoodlums and bandits irrespective of their tribes, religions, or creed, while urging the police to arrest miscreants causing tension and threatening the peace of the state.
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