President
Muhammadu Buhari yesterday was in a closed meeting with the Alaafin
of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Speaking with State House correspondents
at the end of the meeting, Alaafin of Oyo said discussions at the
meeting bordered on problems facing the country, including militancy in
the Niger Delta and insurgency in the North.
According to him, Buhari requested traditional rulers to convey their advice on problems in the country in writing.
He said: “As a Nigerian and one of the
topmost traditional rulers in the country, I sent a memorandum to the
President, which he acknowledged, and he asked me to come and endorse
those things I have written.
“I think it is time for me to use the
proper channel to reach the President for suggestions and advice. Where
he deserves commendation, I should also do that.
“Especially as it concerns the
multi-dimensional problems Nigeria is facing; the Avengers and the
bombing of oil installations, MEND and Boko Haram insurgency in the
Northeast.
“One major diplomatic point the
President scored was the visit of the United States (U.S.) Secretary of
State, John Kerry. America does not usually send top officers for such
visits, if they have not used certain parameters to gauge the country’s
performance.
“I have met with the President and
offered some suggestions. We are losing huge resources to the activities
of the Niger Delta Avengers. Coming close to that is the infiltration
of the militants in Lagos and Ikorodu, where in the last three weeks, 10
landlords were massacred.”
Noting that the Federal Government responded to wipe out the threat, he said normalcy has returned to Ikorodu and Arepo.
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