By Comrade Ikhuenbor Felix Igbinevbo (Mr Figo)
What is happening in Edo South today is not a mistake.
It is not ignorance.
It is not an accident.
It is a deliberate collapse, fueled by greed, protected by complicity, and sustained by the shameful silence of those who were entrusted to lead.
Edo South is under siege—not by strangers alone, but by its own sons who have chosen lawlessness over legacy, violence over value, and quick money over generational survival. At the heart of this destruction lies the cancer of land grabbing, driven by rogue community youth leaders—Okaighele—who have turned ancestral land into a battlefield and a marketplace of blood.
Land is sold recklessly, illegally, and repeatedly to different buyers. Wild lands are carved up without authority. Boundaries are redrawn with bullets instead of dialogue. Communities are thrown into rivalry. Youths are armed, mobilized, and pitted against one another—not for development, but for control of stolen territory. This madness has become so normalized that killing now passes for courage, and criminality is mistaken for leadership.
But let us be brutally honest:
These crimes would not thrive without powerful protection.
There is a dangerous and growing collusion between criminal youth elements and compromised security agencies operating in Edo South. Those meant to enforce the law are, in some cases, shielding offenders, intimidating victims, and enabling violence. This betrayal of public trust has emboldened criminals and turned lawlessness into an industry.
And while blood is spilled, where are the voices of authority?
Our traditional institutions—once the moral backbone of our society—have become disturbingly docile. Too many traditional leaders have chosen comfort over conscience, silence over responsibility. Some are looking away for political convenience. Some are entangled in alliances. Some are direct beneficiaries of the chaos. Others are simply afraid to confront the very youths they helped empower.
Let it be said clearly and without apology:
Silence in the face of evil is collaboration.
What is happening in Edo South does not happen in Edo North.
It does not happen in Edo Central.
Why then has Edo South become the epicenter of land fraud, youth violence, cultism, and communal bloodshed?
The answer is painful but simple: we have allowed criminals to replace custodians, and patrons of chaos to replace leaders.
Today, Edo South youths are no longer accountable to elders, tradition, or the future. They now answer to shadowy godfathers, compromised patrons within security structures, and external interests from other tribes who fund and exploit this lawlessness. These forces are not building Edo South—they are stripping it of dignity, identity, and value.
The consequences are already upon us.
Cultism is rising uncontrollably.
Communal rivalries are escalating.
Young men are dying senseless deaths.
Our land is losing value.
Our culture is being ridiculed.
Our people are losing respect—both within and outside Edo State.
And yet, those who should speak loudly choose to whisper—or worse, remain mute.
This reckless abandonment of responsibility is pushing Edo South toward an irreversible collapse. If this trend continues unchecked, Edo South will not be remembered for its rich heritage and resilience, but as a cautionary tale of how greed, cowardice, and institutional failure destroyed a people from within.
This is a final warning, not a complaint.
If urgent, decisive, and uncompromising action is not taken—
If land grabbing is not crushed with the full force of the law—
If compromised security personnel are not exposed and punished—
If traditional leaders do not rise, speak, and act—
Then history will record that Edo South was not conquered by outsiders, but betrayed by its own gatekeepers.
The time for diplomacy has passed.
The time for pretending is over.
This land must be reclaimed—from criminals, from collaborators, and from cowards.
Edo South must choose: correction or collapse.
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Comrade Ikhuenbor Felix Igbinevbo, popularly known as Mr Figo, a descendant of the Ezomo Dynasty
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