● Berate Osun, Federal Govts Over Border Management
Indigenes of Ora-Igbomina in Ifedayo Local Government Area of Osun State, have cried out over the spate of Kidnapping in the community.
It was learnt that the risen insecurity has left the community in disarray and chronic fear.
OSUN DEFENDER reports that three persons have been reportedly Kidnapped in the area since December 2025.
In a statement by Ora-Igbomina Youth Font, the Osun State Government has did nothing to forestall reoccurence of the event that left the Ora people in tears and panic of kidnappers invading the community.
A copy of the statement signed by the Ag. Coordinator, Comrade Omololu Abidoye and Head, Public Relations, Ayanyinka Olusanjo reads partly: “It would be recall that on the 15th of December, a kidnapping case was widely reported in ORA – the boundary town linking Osun in the Northeastern part, with Ekiti and Kwara States.
“One would believe that the State Government of Osun would tighten up security across border towns, but to our utmost displeasure, Osun government did little or nothing to forestall reoccurrence of the sardonic event that left Ora people in tears and panic of kidnappers invading the community again.
“Today, in less than two months after the first ever community invasion and kidnapping recorded in our town, another has happened on Sunday, February 1st, 2026. Leaving two sons of the soil; SUNDAY ADEYEYE & SUNDAY ADEWUMI whisked away.
“Unarguably, the inability of security agencies to bring to book, the perpetrators involved in the first case has created a convenient avenue for evil doers who specialized in “kidnapping-for-ransom” to strike again barely few weeks after the freedom of a retired custom officer who had earlier been kidnapped and released after ransom was allegedly paid.
“We are not oblivion of the fact that communal security is a collective responsibility of the citizenry and Government, but who do we blame in a situation where abductors equipped with sophisticated weapons bursted into homes of armless citizens and whisk them away?
We are, of course, left with no choice than to call on Government, in a strong reminder, that its primary purpose is the security of live & properties of the citizenry.
“Our town has always been known for peaceful coexistence, and it is our collective responsibility to ensure that this reputation is upheld.”
The group demanded that: “Osun Government should put physical security barriers in place to define & demarcate the State boundary, and prevent unauthorized entry into the state through the ORA border.
“Human and Operational Security be put in place for effective surveillance and community watch solely for territorial gatekeeping.
“A Military checkpoint/base in Ora to enable a comprehensive security posture, against organized crime in volatile border area like our community — ORA IGBOMINA. A community that does not only connect Osun, Ekiti & Kwara States but significantly connected the Southwest and North central regions. How could such a sensitive border town be of no military checkpoint, visible presence of the National Border Management and would not be exposed to inter-regional crimes?”
They called on Border Communities Development Agency(BCDA) to establish a working presence of border guards with functional mobility/patrol vehicle and other necessities.
