UI don, CAN caution against voting candidates with questionable character in 2023
• Tade says with kidnapping spree, electorate may elect kidnappers in 2023 • DSS, NSCDC, others urge Nigerians to be security- conscious
ACRIMINOLOGIST and Senior Lecturer at the University of Ibadan ( UI), Dr. Oludayo Tade, has warned that Nigerians must be curious about the personalities that will vie for political posts in 2023, as some of them might be kidnappers that have amassed wealth from collection of ransoms.
Tade said this at a security summit held at Iseyin, at the weekend, where community stakeholders converged to discuss the lingering cases of kidnapping in Nigeria, especially within and around the community.
The don, who spoke as guest lecturer at the summit,” challenged the people of Iseyin and its environs to look inward for solutions, as those perpetrating evil acts live among them.
He, however, charged residents to collaborate with the security agents and give information about suspicious people and activities to nip crimes in the bud.
Besides, he advised people to stop what he called ‘ social media showoff and also cooperate with neighbouring communities to avoid movement of criminals flushed out of a particular community into another.
Meanwhile, representatives of the police, Directorate of State Services ( DSS), Nigeria
Customs Service ( NCS), the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps ( NSCDC), the Federal Road Safety Corps ( FRSC), Nigeria Immigration Service ( NIS), Amotekun Corps and Agro Rangers, who spoke as one at the summit, appealed for more support from the people of the community.
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IMILARLY, Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria ( CAN), Lagos State Chapter, Dr. S. T. V. Adegbite, yesterday, said that the country needs someone who could lead right and deliver dividends of democracy for all.
He also expressed optimism that God will take control of the country, stressing that Nigeria will not disintegrate but remain an indivisible entity.
Adegbite made the call at the ninth yearly general conference of the Cherubim and Seraphim Unification Church of Nigeria, Lagos State Chapter.
He said: “We must pray and once we pray, God will answer our prayers.
“As Christians, we are not going to push for any candidate, as all the candidates belong to us but I can assure you that God is going to give us a man after His own heart.”