IBADAN STAMPEDE: NO LIFE IS ABOVE ANOTHER LIFE, JUSTICE MUST TAKE IT'S CAUSE!.….GOV. SEYI MAKINDE
GOVERNOR SEYI MAKINDE HAS ADDRESSED SPECULATIONS ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH KEY SUSPECTS IN THE IBADAN CHILDREN’S FUNFAIR TRAGEDY, WHICH CLAIMED THE LIVES OF OVER 35 CHILDREN. SPEAKING DURING A COURTESY VISIT BY THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY OF OYO STATE, LED BY ALHAJI KUNLE SANNI, GOVERNOR MAKINDE ACKNOWLEDGED PUBLIC REACTIONS, EMPHASISING THAT THOSE CRITICISING HIM MAY NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND HIS PRINCIPLES AND COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE. RESPONDING TO THE VISITORS’ PLEA TO TEMPER JUSTICE WITH MERCY FOR THE SUSPECT INVOLVED, THE GOVERNOR STRESSED THE NEED TO ALSO HONOUR THE MEMORY OF THE 35 INNOCENT CHILDREN WHO LOST THEIR LIVES.MAKINDE EXPRESSED EMPATHY, STATING THAT IF ONE OF HIS CHILDREN HAD BEEN AMONG THE VICTIMS, HIS STANCE MIGHT HAVE BEEN EVEN MORE RESOLUTE.