The yet-to-be arrested gunmen have thrown millions of Nigerians particularly the Yorubas both home and abroad into mourning following the killings of three monarchs in Nigeria within two weeks. It baffled some right thinking Nigerians to hear the sad news that the three innocent monarchs were sent to their early grave. This is very absurd and totally unacceptable. The questions to be asked are these: what did our obas do to gunmen? Is it good for our monarchs to be living in a state of fear? Who is sponsoring gunmen to be killing our obas? The killing of monarchs must stop. In trying to stop the further killing of our monarchs, it is high time the presidency mandated the Inspector General of Police, IGP Egbetokun to fish out the killers of the three monarchs. If these killers are arrested, it will prevent other gunmen from going out to kill our obas. The lives of our kings mean a lot to Nigerians. Our monarchs do not deserve to be killed. These monarchs have crowned many politicians as honourary chiefs while others are warming up to receive their honourary titles from our obas.
Let me use this medium to call our obas to constitute a team of jagunjagun (warriors) as it is in existence in the 1850s that will be saddled with the responsibility of protecting them from being killed by gunmen.
To kill an oba is a taboo. Gunmen should allow our obas to breathe. Our obas must not be sent to their early graves.
Jimoh Mumin, Ibadan
