Traditional worshippers in Ogun State have called on President Bola Tinubu to intensify efforts to tackle insecurity caused by insurgency in the country, inorder to safeguard the lives and properties of Nigerians.

The worshippers made the appeal yesterday at 2026 Isese Day at Oke-Abola Praying Ground, while expressing concern over the rising cases of insecurity and their impact on citizens and communities.

They urged the Federal Government to strengthen security measures and take decisive action against the insurgency groups including Bandits, Bokoharam, kidnappers as well as those involved in other social vices that serve as threats to national peace.

Speaking on behalf of Isese worshippers, Aro Ifakayode Akanbi called on the president to urgently address the growing insecurity in the country and implement effective security measures to curb insurgency and banditry across the nation.

Akanbi, who lamented that people could no longer move freely in their communities because of the activities of bandits including the fear of being kidnapped, stressed that parents now  live in constant anxiety over the safety of their children in schools.

He urged the federal government to involve traditional worshippers in joint security operations to tackle insecurity in the country, arguing that the use of ancestral powers could help bring the menace to an end.

Akanbi said that that the problem of insecurity have cost many Nigerians their lives, properties, and homeland, stressing that Nigerians abroad could no longer want to come to the country because of fear of being kidnapped.

He said “We are here to give concern to the government of our dear nation about insecurity in the country. The issue of insecurity has been a reoccurring phenomenon and has been pounding my heart as we all cannot sleep and wake up peacefully with our families.”

“Those in diaspora cannot come home to their fatherland, all because it is not safe. The fear of insecurity have cost lives of many people, even when they are not attacked. A lot o people lost their families, homelands.

“Parents are scared of death of sending their children to schools, even at elementary level not to talk of secondary and tertiary level. This is so sad because we all want good future, but lack of adequate protection of lives is jeopardizing the process” he added.

The Oluwo Ifa Egba, Chief Ifagbeminiyi Baoku, lauded the president for making Isese Day a dream come true during his tenure, insisting that the best way to appreciate the gesture was for the worshippers to cast their votes massively in 2027 elections.

“We also want to thank our President Bola Tinubu for making Isese Day a reality and we all Isese worshippers believe that the only way to thank him is to make sure he comes back again in 2027 and I can promise him that he has all our votes in the next election.” he said.

Earlier, the Oluwo Ifa of Ogun State, High Chief Akanni Anipupo, thanked Governor Dapo Abiodun for supporting Isese Day, while urging the state government to renovate Ifa house, as well as Igbale egun and Igbale Igunnuko.

“We thank the government of Dapo Abiodun for another Isese Day in Ogun State, we are also happy that our traditional rulers are supporting us. We are also demanding from the government to renovate Ile Ifa, Igbale egun, Igbale Igunnuko just like the Lagos Government assisted worshippers in the building worship houses for them” he added.