The Ibadan Traditional Council has blamed of the worsening insecurity in Oyo state on Governor Seyi Makinde’s leadership style.
The monarchs gave the advice at its meeting held at the palace of the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, where they also advised the governor to change his strategies.
They noted that a one-man management can not work in securing the state.
According to them, several attempts to meet the governor and explain why his style was failing the state were unsuccessful.
The members explained that they were excluded in the security architecture of the state, despite being closer to the people in all the communities.
The Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, Sen. Lekan Balogun, appealed to the governor to change his approach, stressing that excluding the traditional institution has not been helpful to good maintainance of security in Ibadan.
“We have nothing against the governor, we supported his emergence and want him to succeed, which is why we are calling his attention to what we perceive as a lacuna.
“The issue of security needs multi-dimensional approach and there’s no way government alone can solve or handle it. As the closest institution to the people, we have crucial roles to play to ensure that the menace of insecurity is tackled and the more reason why there must be collaboration between us and the government to avoid working at cross-purposes.”
