Rising wave of insecurity in Yorubaland; Ogbomosho school attack in focus+ forest reserve gradually becoming terrorist camp

While the attention of the majority are on 2027 election, social media trends and football games, villagers and other rural dwellers are shedding blood, losing sleep, properties, relatives and means of livelihood to insecurity in Nigeria.

Over time, have published articles across media channels citing operation of terrorists in the Middlebelt and Northern Nigeria, and the need for Yoruba elders, Statesmen and Political office holders to be proactive in implementing security policies and approach to tame this widespread insecurity gradually encroaching some parts of Yorubaland, spreading down from the North-Central states of Kwara state and Kogi state.

The simultaneous attacks on primary and secondary schools in Ogbomosho area of Oyo state on Friday that claimed the lives of a school principal, teachers and pupils, with many yet to be found whether dead or alive, and some taken into the forest as hostages. this affront and other underreported attacks are justification of my publications and security perspective of once secured territory but seems overran by terrorists from the sahel with sleeper cells living among us, studying our terrain and exploiting the weakness of Yoruba people which is the culture of accommodating and welcoming known and unknown elements.

The coordinated attack targeted schools in different areas of Ahoro-Esinele, Oriire Local Government, Oyo state. The swiftness of this terrorist operation without counter efforts to checkmate the assailant but reactive response from our security agencies is enough reason for our political leaders and security experts to restrategize and review the current security operation to avert further occurrence.

Are schools the new battlefield and targets?

Many people are afraid of traveling because the roads are not secure from kidnappers, Farming is no longer attractive due to threat of kidnapping and killings, church service are conducted in fear and schools are now becoming the new battlefield and targets of these evil machinations that are leaving sorrow, tears and blood across the country.

Yoruba people are peace loving people but not weaklings, it's time for our lawmakers to enact laws and give support to traditional security force I. e Oodua People's Congress (O.P.C) across all local government in Southwest to serve as first responder in every zone, while the Southwest Regional Security Force (Amotekun), Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN) and other established Security Force in the region work in collaboration, sharing credible intelligence to achieve collective success and adopting technological innovation in communication, surveillance and monitoring of forest reserves.

It's time to unleashed the Joint Security Taskforce in the Southwest, if the Civilian Joint Taskforce (CJTF) can be effective in fighting Boko haram in Bornu state, some of our civilians are also ready provided that necessary support in arms and ammunitions, financial incentives and other motivation is available.

Ise Ya! Omo oduduwa Ise Ya!!

By : Hon. Prince Samuel Adesegun Egunjobi MBA

18th of May, 2026.