Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has called for calm in the state over the issue surrounding the missing one-year-old boy, Gold Kolawole, at the Sotitobire Miracle Centre.
The Ondo State Governor who is speaking on the incident for the first time called for a thorough investigation into the development.
He further stated that he has been receiving reports daily from security operatives on the development.
Naija News had reported that some aggrieved youths in the state on Wednesday stormed the church and set it on fire after a report broke out that the dead body of the missing child was exhumed from the church’s altar.
According to the report, the incident led to the death of two people in the Ondo State capital, including a policeman.
Akeredolu in a statement released through his spokesperson, Segun Ajiboye, described the incident as a sad commentary.
“The Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN finds it imperative to appeal for calm on the unfortunate loss of a one-year-old child and the attendant crisis which occurred yesterday, Wednesday, December 18, 2019.”
“Mr. Governor observed and personally noted the concern of the general public since the incident last month. This is even as pressures sufficed for Government to publicly make statements in respect of the missing child.”
“The loss of the child in a Church, no doubt, remains heart-aching and represents a sad commentary. However, it is pertinent to state that the enormity of the incident could not have permitted a hasty rush to make public statements, especially when investigations had already commenced and daily briefs by the Commissioner of Police were received by the Governor.”
“It is perhaps, instructive to disclose that Mr. Governor was being briefed in respect of the incident by other relevant security agencies, including the DSS until the unfortunate action of yesterday which culminated in needless deaths and destruction of property.”
“Mr. Governor wishes to state that an incident as troubling as the loss of a child requires a thorough investigation with the cooperation of all and sundry. It touches all, including the Government.”
*Therefore, it will be preposterous for people to take laws into their hands and jeopardize a deep probe that could unravel the mystery.”
“Governor Akeredolu enjoins the general public, especially those directly or indirectly affected, to be calm and cooperate with security agencies as they have heightened efforts to get to the root of the matter,” the statement read.
source https://www.naijanews.com/2019/12/20/ondo-akeredolu-speaks-on-missing-child-attack-on-sotitobire-centre/
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