A herdsman was caught on Saturday while allegedly spying and taking a video recording of a meeting being held by Yoruba kings in Ibadan, Oyo State.
The meeting, which was held to address security challenges in Southwest, was organised by the Chief Taiye Ayorinde-led Yoruba World Assembly-led and Secretary-General, Dr Victor Taiwo.
It has various attendees from Oyo, Osun, Lagos, Ondo, Ekiti and Ogun States.
The crowd at the meeting was distracted when a herdsman was discovered spying and recording the meeting.
Sango worshippers and hunters at the meeting, however, allegedly laid curses on him
His Royal Majesty, Oba Moses Oladejo Oyediran, Ogunsua of Modakeke was just about to drop the microphone when one of the organisers announced the presence of the herder.
He said, “We just discovered that a Fulani herder had just spied on us at this meeting. He had recorded all the proceedings and when he noticed he had been detected, he ran away.
“All the traditionalists here, you saw what happened. You should do the needful. We didn’t invite him.”
Meanwhile, Oba Oyediran while speaking, implored traditionalists to put their ‘resources’ together to fight the common enemy.The monarch said, “Where are the powers that our forefathers left for us? When these powers are there, why then should these aliens trample upon us? They came to us with sticks, clubs. If it was in the olden days, Oro would come out.
“Yoruba has a lot of traditional security systems but we don’t use it. If you have friends or relatives that you are not compatible with, then they stay away from you.
“Let all the traditionalists come together; combine their powers to fight the common enemy.”