Igangan attack’ll never happen in Oyo again, says Makinde

The Oyo State Governor,Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday appealed to the people of Igangan to cooperate with the government and security agencies to address the security challenge in the area.

The governor, who said this during his visit to the community to sympathise with the victims and to assess the level of destruction done in the town byattackers, begged the people not to take the law as into their own hands.

No fewer than 17 persons were killed in Igangan on Saturday by suspected herdsmen.

But Makinde said he should be held responsible for the act, promising that such attack would never be allowed to happen there or anywhere in the state again.

Makinde appealed to the residents of Igangan not to take laws into their hands as he urged all the families that lost their loved ones to the attack. He also pleaded with them to give security agencies the opportunity to resolve the issue and make Igangan better for them.