This is really a bad time for the Yoruba nation and Nigeria as a whole as events of the past two weeks has revealed a lot of fault lines in the political, economical and security systems in the country. For the first time in a long time, the youths were able to organized themselves to challenge the existing order. The loss of lives and properties are regrettable and one wonders why it has to take so much destruction just to make a point. The inactions at first and subsequently high handed actions against peaceful protesters rather than hoodlums worsened the situation leading to chaos and further breakdown of law and order.

We have seen hordes of armed youths and thugs marauding round neighborhoods destroying properties and everything that stood in their way. The youths that the government failed to train with quality education or provide employment to are the ones now causing so much havoc to the system.

The South west cannot say the youths just sprung up from nowhere. The signs have been there for so long. How many times have you walked down your street and see boys between the age of 14-24 years doing nothing during working hours than to smoke and drink. Everywhere you go, you will see able bodied young men as “area boys” extorting innocent civilians of their hard earned money. Lagos was even more complicit as Agbero and street urchins are giving free hands to operate in every bus stop extorting money from bus drivers, motorcyclist and tricyclist. So many illegal revenue collectors at every point in the state with everyone of them claiming legitimacy from the government or one Politicians or Area father.

The Politicians created these monsters as they are willing tools for them during election or unleashing violence on their opponents. You will see State Governors celebrating thugs while academia are ignored. There are now cases of Agberos employing graduates. Musicians celebrate these thugs, religious leaders give them front seat. Sometimes to be a thug is more profitable than a salary earner. The Bible says blessed are the peacemakers, but in Nigeria, it is the troublemakers that are blessed and honoured than the peacemakers. The omoluabi ethos that the Yoruba are known for is long dead. Materialism and worship of money has trump integrity and hardwork.

The looting of COVID 19 warehouse in some states shows the hunger and desperation in the land. Even security operatives joined in the sharing of the palliative. Someone joked that the crowd only helped the government save logistics cost for distribution by going to the warehouse themselves and that this is the first time that the masses will loot food belonging to the same masses. You now see Nigerians turned to COVID 19 palliative warehouse hunters as they are searching from one part of the State to another. Bursting palliative warehouse seems to be the new employer of mass labour in town. One of the State government put out a statement that they were waiting for people from Abuja to come and flag off the campaign before distribution, as if hunger will wait for someone from Abuja before killing the person. Everywhere you go, you will see poverty, hunger, anger and deprivation. Poverty has been weaponised by the politicians. Even a former Governor created a ministry for stomach infrastructure. Make them so poor and impoverished that you can control their destinies during election.

There are no factories to absorb the youths, it is only the Politicians and their families that are empowered during empowerment programs, no jobs as majority are unemployed or underemployed. And yet these politicians expect that the situation will continue forever without a reaction. That the children of the poor they failed to train will allow their children rest and enjoy their loot in peace (Awolowo). The next violence might start from the politicians, their families and assets. Some have learned the hard way in the past few days.

There is serious fire in the mountain. The state Governors will be deluding themselves if they think the problem is over. The violence will erupt again sooner or later as these youths will regroup and unleash mayhem again. If not within the next six months, then in 2023 when there’s expected showdowns between the Godfathers and the contenders. This violence is just a dress rehearsal for 2023 if things persist this way. They should not believe the police will contain them again this time. Events of this past days have shown that the police can be overwhelmed. The mob have demystified the police, traumatized and brutalized them. The era of being afraid of the police is over. Any extra judicial killing can be met with overwhelming and deadly force by youths who are no longer afraid of death. The weakness of the police has been exposed, that with superior numbers, they can overrun the police killing them and burning their police stations.

We must therefore not wait for the next violence to erupt as we must be proactive to forestall any further anarchy. The Yoruba nation must convene a regional conference that will be modelled after a national conference. The conference will consist of representatives from South West Governors, elected representatives, traditional rulers, religious groups, business groups, captains of industries, market women, youths, people with disabilities, labour unions, informal sectors, community leaders and others. They are to sit for a specific time frame with siting allowance voluntary so as not to turn it to a jamboree. They are to discuss on South West security, relationship with the other regions and tribes, economic prospects, food security, agriculture, youth employment, targets for our elected Representatives (budget implementation, youth quota in politics, women representation), defined role for traditional rulers in security, Yoruba in a post resource control and post restructuring era, religious tolerance, education curriculum, revamping of defunct factories and agricultural settlements all over South west, support for informal sectors, artisans and technician with dedicated budgetary allocation, Yoruba in diaspora, foreign direct investment, gas line, optic fibre lines to all South Western States, creation of technology hubs in major cities, judicial reforms among others.

The conference will come up with a paper on policies that will be binding on every elected representatives, leaders and all Yoruba people. The paper shall be taught in our schools, available in our libraries, government offices and online. The conference should issue a joint communique and position to the rest of the nation on their position about the union, restructuring, true federalism, resource control and security. This should not be about any party or political affiliation. We must speak with one voice as we did during the creation of Amotekun. We should be prepared for any opposition as our enemies within and without will seek to derail us because of selfish or regional interest. We must however be resolute as we face an existential threat that can consume us all. This is for the future of our land, the future of our children and the future of our heritage. The future is certainly written in gold for Yorubaland.

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