An Open Letter to the Traditional Obas, Retired Generals, and Governors of Yorubaland
A Sovereign Cry for the Soul of Yorubaland: The Siege on Our Only Industry
To Their Imperial and Royal Majesties, The Traditional Obas of Yorubaland,
To Our Respected Retired Generals of Yoruba Origin,
To the Executive Governors of the Southwest States,
Excelencies, Your Majesties, and Distinguished Leaders,
I write this letter with a heavy heart, burdened by a dark cloud that is quickly gathering over our beloved homeland. We can no longer afford the luxury of diplomatic silence or politically correct statements. A catastrophic calamity is knocking on the doors of Yorubaland, and if we do not act immediately, the future of our people will be permanently compromised.
The recent terrifying incident in Ogbomoso—where terrorists targeted and abducted children from a school—is not just another statistic in the national security crisis. It is a direct, deliberate declaration of war on the very foundation of who we are.
The Threat to Our Ultimate Industry: Education
Every region has its economic backbone. For some, it is oil; for others, agriculture or commerce. But for the Yoruba people, our greatest, most cherished industry has always been Education.
Education is the legacy our ancestors gave us to compete on the global stage. It is our equalizer, our pride, and our currency.
By bringing the blueprint of school abductions into Yorubaland, these terrorists are not just kidnapping individuals; they are assassinating our future.
They want to induce fear: To make parents too terrified to send their children to school.
They want to paralyze our communities: A society without education is a society destined for poverty, ignorance, and ultimate subjugation.
They are targeting our softest underbelly: If our schools become hunting grounds, our unique economic and cultural edge is dead.
A Call to Our Three Pillars of Leadership
We cannot fold our arms and watch our homeland turn into a theater of bloodshed and despair. This crisis demands a unified, ferocious response from the three pillars of our leadership:
1. To Our Executive Governors: Total Coordination
We appreciate the establishment of Amotekun, but the current threat has outgrown routine patrols. You must treat this Ogbomoso incident as a regional emergency. We need aggressive intelligence sharing, fortified school security protocols, and immediate tactical deployments around vulnerable border towns and educational institutions. Political differences must be completely set aside to defend the Western region.
2. To Our Retired Generals: Deploy Your Expertise
Yorubaland boasts some of the finest, most experienced military minds this continent has ever produced. You have fought wars and managed complex security architectures globally. Do not sit back in retirement while your ancestral homes are overrun. We need you to form an emergency advisory council to guide our governors and local security apparatus with actionable, hard-hitting counter-terrorism strategies.
3. To Our Traditional Obas: Fortify the Domains
Your Majesties, you are the custodians of our culture and our lands. The ears of the ancestors are yours. We implore you to activate local intelligence networks. No stranger enters a community without a footprint. Work closely with hunters, local vigilantes, and town unions to ensure that every forest, hamlet, and abandoned space in your domain is thoroughly policed.
Conclusion: History Will Judge Us
If we allow the virus of school abductions to fester in the Southwest, the calamity that will follow will spare no one—neither the rich in their mansions nor the poor in their boys’ quarters. If our children cannot go to school in peace, then the Yoruba nation has no future.
We have the resources, we have the military intellect, and we have the royal authority to stop this monster before it consumes us. Let Ogbomoso be the last time these terrorists ever dare to touch our children.
Let us rise up, unite, and defend the pride of Odùduwà.
Yours faithfully,
Otunba Dare Adelekan
A Concerned Citizen of Yorubaland
