President General, Agbekoya Farmers Association of Nigeria, Chief Kamorudeen Okikiola, speaks to TOBI AWORINDE about the worsening menace of killer herdsmen in the South-West and how it is taking a toll on the region’s potential for food production and sufficiencyIn Nigeria today, everybody knows that there are a lot of problems with regard to what these herdsmen and bandits are doing.
We have not even got to the peak . Before 2023, as much as 75 per cent won’t have a job. The reason is that every day in Nigeria, people are crying, ‘War!’ There is so much insecurity. You say they should train the youths to be farmers, but can they go into the bush when they know that herdsmen will kidnap and kill them? I’m a serious farmer, but I can’t tell my son to go into the forest and become a farmer because it’s too risky for him.
Baba Olu Falae is a serious farmer. Prof. Wole Soyinka also lives in the village because he likes that lifestyle. But these people would have kidnapped them if they have their way. Kidnapping and banditry in the land is so much that it is now dangerous to advise any youth to become a farmer. From our experience, when you see cows with no herdsman around, please, drive away fast, because they would be lying in ambush. They have knives and different other weapons.
They went on that strike because they knew they have the advantage of food supply but they didn’t know we could manage . At the time, some of our produce were harvested and taken to the market, though prices of things were a bit high. Later when the northerners saw that their goods were wasting away, they started coming down South.
In the North, despite pervasive insecurity, they are pumping money into farming and they are doing their best. Ofada rice is costlier than any other rice around. It is from Ogun State. But where is Ofada rice today? It is only produced in small quantities today. Ofada rice can be produced in large quantities if the governors will help farmers.
Let have referendums, if you are right or wrong
who is agbekoya, is that political driven and garrulous group
Give them their referendum
GOD BLESS YOU We can't have a Republic Within A Republic Without shedding BLOOD
The north and cabal won't opt for that. Its was in the senate but they rejected it because the constitution made it possible to override others.
Oga I'm not part of that majority o, I support disintegration of Nigeria. How many years have u been shouting restructuring with no response?
At this point, there's a thin line between the two. It depends on the pro activeness of the OfficialAPCNg government. Whichever comes first is fine by me
Pls speak for yourself.
Nonsense...
Saboteurs.
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Who told you? Nonsense assumption!
Werey ni man yi 😡 you’ve collected brown envelope from the bad people in NigeriaGov for splitting out this rubbish ☹️ ODUDUWANATIONNOW BiafraNationNow EndNigeriaNowToSaveLives
At this point we can try secession.
What's that on your head?🤣🤣
This is the way forward,we are poor because of the western global biased economic policy.what they can not take from us is the nigerian market ,this is what helps the common man.restructuring is better than secession ,let's stop the ethnic hatred in Africa
But why are you people always disgrace yourself because of the money you are been given you are hear talking rubbish
How do you carry out with your statistics... Anybody can say anything on media
A divided house will NEVER stand. This is our problem. I no know y if e reach secession matter, 1 stupid and useless so called leader go just come out from 1 corner and say otherwise. But, d killings wey dey go on rapidly now none of dem don come out and condem am genuinely.
Restructuring back to regional government is very necessary
You supposed to be kill for what you say...let claim our freedom first we're coming back from you betrayer 🖕🖕
Hello sir wat are u saying?
Agbekoya group is no more.. This ones can not fight for Yoruba people, agbekoya group of this days, are corrupt and not faithful group...
Yoruba brothers will always disgrace you
It’s this why we gave referendums? Let the majority decide!
Are you fucking telling majority of Yoruba are living good?
You can't decided for the masses sir. You can only say your group want restructuring but masses needs a new Nation sir
Restructure what? How can someone restructure a scam..nigeriaisascam
You dey mad!
S. A. B. O. T. E. U. R. S. Oooooooooooooooooooooooo
Iya were wo ni agbe ko, Leyin ti maalu ti je gbogbo ere oko agbe tan, Onijekuje agbalagba tin se langbalangba
This one don collect money, see his cap like elubo bag, alaye speak for yourself not all, majority of Yorubas want freedom not restructuring as u claim Awon ole oni je kuje, thunder fire your mouth
You can not speak for us, we do not want restructuring,we do not want sucession stop confusing yourself self determination is what we want and needs to be negotiated soon before you all pay for bastardizing our lives,ohk tell others you Al bastards and thieves don't stand for us
Fulani carry stick to give you second phase of colonialism with ruthless power while you wear and bend cap to be senseless.
Alatenuje Agbalagba! Your family will suffer for it too.
Speak for yourself sir. I haven’t seen any of the so-called Agbekoya came out to denounce the killings of our people or the continuous terrorizing by the hands of the Fulani. So, f-u those that wants us to continue living as a slave in our land.
How much did you collect from politicians? If you are correct, let there be a referendum
It's you and your family sir not majority
Who is this fool? It's not for you to decide, let a referendum be conducted so that the people would decide not you.
You can't restructure something that doesn't have a structure, stop wasting your time. SupportReferendum
Talk for your self sir, wtf is majority smh 🤦♂️
Give them referendum and find out
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