Forest Vacation Order: Oduduwa Women Back Akeredolu
The leadership of a Yoruba socio cultural group, Oduduwa Women Advocacy Initiative have thrown it’s full weight behind Governor Akeredolu’s pronouncement ordering herdsmen to vacate Ondo forest reserves within seven days effective Monday 18, 2021.
It will be recalled that Arakunrin Akeredolu on Monday via a press release ordered Herdsmen to vacate all forest reserves in the state and also outlawed Under-age grazing, Night-grazing and also banned the movement of Cattle within the cities and highways of the state.
However, the Presidency, through the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity on Tuesday condemned this Order, insisting that the Governor should not enforce such order.
In a Press statement sent to Nigerian cable news online on this development, the President of the group, Erelu Modupe Martins said “this is the way to go. Again, Aketi has demonstrated leadership and Oduduwa women are with the Governor on this.”
Erelu Module Martins further stated that women are the most hitted by kidnapings and other nefarious activities of the criminals masquerading as herdsmen in the South West. “Our husbands, sons and daughters are been kidnapped on daily basis on our soil. Women raped and assaulted on their farm land. This criminal activities have rendered most women vulnerable.”
The leadership of Oduduwa Women Advocacy Initiative enjoined other Governors if the region to unite in this effort to reclaim Yoruba land from bandits.
