Makinde mandates LG chiefs, traditional rulers to flush out illegal miners, bandits in Oyo

Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, has ordered all the 33 local government chairmen in the state as well as traditional rulers to flush out illegal miners, bandits and land grabbers in their areas.

According to a statement by the Special Adviser (Media) to the governor, Sulaimon Olanrewaju, the state’s Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Hon. Olusegun Olayiwola, who addressed journalists after a closed-door meeting with the council bosses at the conference room of the ministry on Monday, said the state government had zero tolerance for crime and criminality and would stop at nothing to ensure safety of lives and property in the state.