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The Ilana Omo Oodua (IOO) has unveiled a mobile application (app) named Pàjáwìrì to track kidnapped victims and also work as an alert system to expose security challenges anywhere in the south west. Led by Prof Banji Akintoye, a foremost historian., the IOO is an umbrella body for Yoruba self-determination groups.
The Pàjáwìrì app offers a robust and innovative way to combating crimes and is particularly designed to track kidnapped victims as long as they have the app installed in their Android phones.
Those without Android phones will need to leverage Afinihan, a feature that allows them to link up with those with the full application on Android in order to get the benefits of Pàjáwìrì activated when required.
“We have now proven to the world that we cannot be captured nor be subdued. We are too intellectually sophisticated to be subdued. It is these innovations and intellectual powers that we will deploy to get ourselves out of the quagmires of Nigeria,” said Prof Akintoye while launching the mobile app virtually in Ibadan capital of Oyo state.
“Every person in possession of the Pajawiri app on their telephone will be able to activate the APP instantly, whenever they find themselves in danger. By activating the app, they will be able to alert their families, their friends and their neighbors that they are in danger and that they need help,” said Akintoye, in a further statement released by his Communications Manager, Mr. Maxwell Adeleye.
He added: “In that way, no Yoruba person needs to be alone anywhere on their farms, schools, market places, shops and anywhere else. Any person who finds himself threatened by danger and who is in possession of Pajawiri will be able to alert other persons for help.
“In short, Yoruba people today, are able now to enjoy security individually and collectively through the use of the APP known as Pajawiri.”
According to its promoters, the Pajawiri may be used for free for 30 days once downloaded. Users will have to keep its features running after 30 days with a monthly subscription.
For non-Android or smartphone users, the “Afinihan, a tiny hand-held device required to link up with those with installed Pajawiri , is available for purchase at affordable rates. The Afinihan is essentially an Android and I-Phone (iOS) compatible application device that sends alert signals to the connected phone systems
According to Ayobami Abolaji, coordinator of the Pàjáwìrì Project, the app is a warning system that generates protective responses from the connected community once triggered by affected persons.
“The Pàjáwìrì app is a technologically savvy information and communication application that alerts and locates the source and flash points of dangerous security breaches where unchallenged massacre of valuable human lives and properties are perpetrated,” said Abolaji, an IT expert based in the U.S.
