Insecurity: Stop holding ‘Ori Oke’ prayer meetings in Kwara, Kogi forests – Presidency warns

The Office of the Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Community Engagement for the North Central has urged Nigerians and spiritual groups successful Kwara and Kogi states to halt holding “Ori Oke” supplication meetings successful forests and connected mountains owed to expanding information concerns.

The bureau said places similar these are progressively being utilized by bandits and different criminals arsenic hideouts.

It warned that continued gatherings successful specified locations could enactment worshippers astatine risk.

A connection by Tinubu’s SSA connected Community Engagement, North Central, Abiodun Essiet, suggested that residents should temporarily suspend the meetings until the information concern improves.

“The Office of the SSA to the President connected Community Engagement, North Central, has appealed to residents and spiritual groups successful Kwara and Kogi states to temporarily suspend Ori Oke supplication gatherings until the information concern successful the affected areas stabilises,” the connection read.

The bureau emphasised that radical tin worship God anywhere, adding that forests and mountains person go locations wherever transgression groups are progressively active.

“People were besides asked to cooperate wit...