Crime and Criminality
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Criminality:The Complicity of Those in charge
- By solomon2day
- On 30/12/2024
- In Solomon's Column
In a society where justice and the rule of law prevail, the necessary must be done to affected stakeholders who promote crime and criminality.The community leaders, members of the Landlords and Tenants Association, law enforcement agents /agencies, and residents of Olorunsogo, Molete, Molusi, Solanke, Oyegbami, Oshodi, Scout Camp, Aluko/Barracks, and Felele communities in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, who sponsored hoodlums wielding stones, machetes, and iron rods to attack and injure a resident of 3, Kehinde Aderibigbe Street, Olorunsogo, Molete, ought to be brought to justice.
Sadly, this is not the case.
These attacks were on several occasions and continue up to this moment.
Indeed, impunity in the above-mentioned communities and several others is the order of the day and way of life.
Interestingly, cultists have now gained prominence and recognition in these communities, since the leadership at all levels not only in these communities, but at all levels of government, is favorably disposed to criminality.
In addition, those behind the vandalization and looting of 3, Kehinde Aderibigbe Street, Olorunsogo, Molete are still walking the streets freely, full of boasts, and acting persistently with impunity.
Why is this so?
On Tuesday, 4th October, the criminals, with the consent of other residents, forced the door of the resident of 3, Kehinde Aderibigbe Street, Olorunsogo, Molete, open and made away with valuables.
Perhaps crime and criminality are now a means to several ends for those in charge, who may have severed ties with the attributes of good and focused leadership.
The relevant law enforcement agencies are well aware of the reign of crime and criminality at Molusi, Solanke, Oyegbami, Olorunsogo, Molete, Oshodi, Aluko, Scout Camp, Felele, and several other communities in Ibadan, Oyo State.
However, the mode of recruitment and quality of training for these uniformed personnel has attracted an unending debate.
But probably due to the involvement of some of the law enforcement agents with the cultists who perpetrate heinous and grievous crimes, little or nothing has been done to reverse the worrisome situation.
This is even as there are several unreported heart-rending cases, that may have been swept under the carpet.
Since the law enforcement agencies have the responsibility to ensure the safety of lives and property, the unending reign of terror by these cultists, who openly threaten to kill those who question their activities leaves much to be desired.
A point of reference is one ' Samba', a barber, whose barbing shop is among the block of shops located in front of a building at the Aluko/Barracks, Felele/Scout camp/Oshodi Street junction.
He openly threatens to kill people while at the same time boasting of his connection with some officers and rank and file of the Police.
Indeed, owners of beer parlors, Ogogoro joints, hotels, and a sizable number of shops in these communities are ready accomplices of these cultists in these communities.
From 2019 till date, an unspecified number of human lives have been lost with no traces of those who are to be held responsible and accountable.
