By OLA AJAYI
IBADAN— Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, yesterday,  threatened to apply the full weight of the law to deal with any individual or group who use the ongoing national strike to further unleash mayhem in the state.

In areas like Ologuneru, Eleyele, Sango-Polytechnic road, miscreants have taken over the protest and were extorting money from motorists; and whenever they resisted, trouble ensued.

Though security agents were seen removing  roadblocks on the road, but immediately they left the scene, the thugs replaced the obstructions.

The governor, in a broadcast yesterday, said: “In the last three days, we have witnessed ugly incidents of armed attacks and arson on public utilities like offices of the PHCN and police stations, the burning of private business concerns as well as attack on individuals and assault and rape of defenceless women.

We shall not allow this.  We shall maintain the peace and tranquility that have reigned in the state since the inception of this administration.  “Anyone who seeks to test our resolve will be visited with the full weight of the law, no matter how highly placed the person is.

“As a government elected on the platform of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, we stand by the position of our party that the issue in contention is within the purview of the exclusive legislative list of the Federal Government. We, however, affirm the democratic right of the people to be informed, educated and consulted in the exercise of this power.”