The Ondo State Government hereby reiterates its earlier stance on the need for security agencies to contain and curtail the activities of political thugs ostensibly imported into Ondo State by the Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde.

This development trailing the October 10 governorship election portends, in many respects, a dangerous slope as the people decide once again, which path to follow between sustained development and a reverse of same.

It becomes more pernicious that the Governor of Oyo State, who is a beneficiary of the free will and wish of the people of his State through the ballot, could engage in such act which is capable of eliciting needless provocation from the public.

Government recalls that the last three weeks have witnessed mindless and condemnable acts perpetrated by these thugs imported from Oyo. The assault on the former governor of Ekiti State, at the party’s rally in Ondo Town, no doubt, is an internal affair of the party. The incident nonetheless, remains a reference point just as it confirms our earlier apprehensions.

Government, therefore, calls on security agencies to spread their surveillance networks to curtail the activities of these hoodlums who are currently spread across the 18 local government areas of Ondo State.

Signed

Donald Ojogo
Hon Commissioner for Information and Orientation,
Ondo State

October 8, 2020