APC chieftain urges Tinubu, security agencies to target those funding insecurity

TUNDE ADELEKE, Osogbo

A Cheiftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, Hon. Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has urged President Bola Tinubu and the heads of security agencies in the country to go after those funding insecurity in the country.

Addressing newsmen in Osogbo, Oyintiloye, described the recent attacks on Benue and Plateau states, where many innocent people were slaughtered, as pathetic and unacceptable.

He emphasised that as long as the bandits still had access to food and ammunition, it would be difficult to crush them, hence the need to cut off the supply by arresting those supplying the criminals.

Oyintiloye, who noted that criminals could not operate without support from certain quarters, challenged security agencies to work harder to identify the suppliers of weapons and operational vehicles, hard drugs, among others, to the bandits.

According to him” The point is that to effectively combat insecurity in the country, it is important to target the individuals and entities that are bankrolling criminal activities and insurgencies.

” This, however,  requires a multifaceted approach for high-level, including strengthening intelligence gathering and analysis, implementing robust anti-corruption measures, and fostering international cooperation to disrupt financial flows.

“And this is the area the security agencies need to beam their search lights.

“There is no doubt that the security agencies are doing their best and the result of their efforts is glaring for all to see, but more needs to be done in exposing the sponsors of this evil act”, he said.

Oyintiloye, who declared that incessant killings of innocent Nigerians should not be allowed to go on, unchallenged, said that those using the insecurity to score political points against the President should be treated as enemies of the country.

The APC chieftain, however, commended the President on his efforts to tackle insecurity l in the last two years, urging him to allow for public prosecution of the financiers of the bandits.

His words, “This resulted in high rates of unemployment, poverty, illiteracy, and lack of effective policing and weak criminal justice systems.

“Arresting financiers of insurgency without addressing the issues of criminal justice by prosecuting them publicly might not yield the needed results.”