The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Aare Gani Adams, has raised an alarm about plans by terrorists to attack crucial towns within the South-West region if security agencies are being lackadaisical about the current insecurity plaguing the country.
The Yoruba generalissimo also decried the criminal overdose of chronic pain inflicted on the nation by the inaction and complicity of those in authority with terrorists and undesirable elements in the polity.
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This was contained in a statement issued on Sunday, July 31, by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Aderemi.
Gani Adams also urged President Muhammadu Buhari to act fast to halt the nation’s descent into ruin, claiming that a string of significant security lapses over the past several months indicate that Nigeria’s security architecture is not functioning properly.
He noted;
Nothing guarantees safety in any country or region other than the synergy and cooperation among all the stakeholders.
I want to also urge anybody with useful information that has any security implication to tell the traditional rulers, leaders in their respective locality or even me for us to intervene and report same to the right quarters.
For instance, the information reaching me today is that the terrorists are inbetween Osu forest and Ile Ife in Osun state, fully armed with various ammunition and they are presently in the forest between Abeokuta and Ibadan planning to attack us in the south west.This is one information that we need to act on in order to avoid possible calamity.
Yoruba aren’t cowards. So, let everybody in the south west be vigilant and be watchful in checking this insecurity scourge that is already stiff-necking Nigeria and could not let the nation breathe.
Over Multiple Abductions
Gani Adams further bemoaned the dangerous cycle of multiple abductions which has led to the terrorists accruing more weaponry to unleash further misery on hapless citizens.
We now have a situation in which family members are being forced to raise N100 million naira to pay as ransom.
The money is delivered to these terrorists to buy more weapons and the government is merely watching.
After every abduction, the President will summon Service Chiefs to a meeting, a statement will be issued and that is the end of it. What we will hear next is another abduction or series of kidnapping.
The insecurity situation has reached its peak with the threat by these terrorists to kidnap the President, governors and lawmakers.
Presidential advance team was attacked in Katsina and even soldiers guarding the president were attacked in Abuja. Some of them were killed. It looks as if this administration has decided to force Nigerians to seek self-help.
