A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, Hon. Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu and the heads of security agencies to pursue those financing insecurity in the country.
Oyintiloye, a member of the defunct APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) appealed while speaking with newsmen on Sunday in Osogbo.
He noted that the recent attacks on Benue and Plateau states, where many innocent people were slaughtered, were pathetic and unacceptable.
Oyintiloye, a former lawmaker, said that it would be difficult to crush the bandits as long as they had access to food and ammunition.
He, however, said that once the sources of supply of the basic human needs and weapons are cut off by arresting those supplying the criminals, security agencies would be able to curtail the activities of the insurgents.
Oyintiloye, who noted that criminals could not operate without support from certain quarters, challenged security agencies to work harder to identify the suppliers of weapons and operational vehicles, hard drugs, among others, to the bandits.
He declared that incessant killings of innocent Nigerians should not be allowed to go on, unchallenged, saying that those using the insecurity to score political points against the President should be treated as enemies of the country.
The APC chieftain commended the President on his efforts to tackle insecurity in the last two years and urged him to allow for public prosecution of the bandits’ financiers.