A Yoruba diaspora organisation, Yoruba One Voice, YOV, has expressed concern over the worsening insecurity in the South-West, saying the region has become vulnerable to threats emanating from kidnapping and killings.

The organisation made this known during the International Conference held via zoom.

In his remarks, the Grand Patron of the organization, who is the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, said members of Yoruba One Voice across the world are worried about protracted cases of insecurity in the country, most especially, in Yorubaland with many, including three traditional rulers as victims of the growing scourge.

Adams said: “This conference is a wake-up call to everybody that is involved in the management of our region.

“The issue of security is fundamental to the growth and development of every nation. However, we cannot continue to pretend as if nothing is wrong.

“As far as I am concerned, I think there is a need for another security conference to address the pressing demand for restructuring. The first security conference was the one that led to the establishment of Amotekun and there is a need to enhance the operation of Amotekun as well as the security architecture of the South West.

“It could have been worse, but for the series of letters I wrote to the international communities and my interventions on security in the past few years.

“So, whatever problem we face today has to do with the structure of our government. I have been advocating restructuring as the best solution to the structural imbalances in Nigeria.

“With the Parliamentary system of government, every region will be at liberty to address its political and socio-economic problem and the central will be vibrant.

“With regional government across the six geo-political zones, Nigeria will explore the beauty of our diversity; and there will be effective competition and healthy rivalries among the various regions.

“Each region would develop at its own pace. The federating units will have their policing structure that will take care of the safety at the region.”

Speaking on the topic entitled: ‘Yorubaland bleeding on the scourge of types kidnappers: ‘Proffering Solution to Security Threats’, the guest lecturer, Prof. Olufemi Otubanjo, highlighted the need to be proactive in securing the southwest, adding that there is a need to identify the possible threats in our various environments.

Otubanjo, a professor of Political Science at the University of Lagos, said: “Threats are heterogeneous. Human beings are products of various social and environmental threats that are either internal or external, depending on our ability to identify those threats.

“As human beings, we are also liable to threats that are occasioned by many factors such as both human and environmental.”