Leadership

Abiodun Recruits Monarchs Into War Against Cultism In Ogun

- BY FEMI OYEWESO, Abeokuta

Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun on Sunday, drafted traditiona­l rulers in the state into the war against cultism as part of the strategies towards eliminatin­g the challenges it poses to the economic growth of the state.

This is coming just as the governor emphatical­ly declared that his administra­tion would pull down whichever houses or buildings suspected to be harbouring members of the secret cult groups across the state.

Abiodun made the declaratio­n while speaking at the year 2022 edition of Akesan Day which was held at Iperu-Remo in the Ikenne Local Government Area of the state.

With particular mentioning of the recent secret cult related cases recorded in Iperu - Remo and its environs where several lives were lost and property worth several millions of Naira were destroyed, the governor tasked traditiona­l rulers in the state to summon a town hall meeting where other chiefs, community leaders and the landlords will discuss and evolve ways of nipping the evil act of cultism in the bud.

The governor also urged parents to rein in their children, stressing that the government of the day would not condone any situation whereby few individual­s would give the state a bad name.

Describing Ogun as one of the most peaceful state in the country, Abiodun stressed that such accounted for why investors have been trooping into Ogun to establish businesses and would not fold his arms and watch few individual­s “who called themselves cultists; going about killing themselves and harassing innocent people, at the detriment of the state’s growth.

 ?? ?? Presidenti­al candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar raising the hand of the newly sworn-in governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, while the governors Godwin Obaseki (Edo), Duoye Diri (Bayelsa), Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom) and Atiku’s wife, Hajiya Titi Abubakar look on during the inaugurati­on of Governor Adeleke in Osogbo yesterday.
Presidenti­al candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar raising the hand of the newly sworn-in governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, while the governors Godwin Obaseki (Edo), Duoye Diri (Bayelsa), Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom) and Atiku’s wife, Hajiya Titi Abubakar look on during the inaugurati­on of Governor Adeleke in Osogbo yesterday.

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