National President of Ilana Omo Oodua, Prof Banji Akintoye, Wednesday, alerted that terrorists groups such as ISIS, Boko Haram, Al Qaeda and others are planning to gain entry into the South-west
Prof Akintoye raised the alarm in a statement made available to journalists Wednesday evening by his communications manager, Mr. Maxwell Adeleye.
He declared that it was unfortunate that the southern governors at their just held meeting failed to consider the issue of domestic and international terrorism as it affects the South.
“We are surprised that our Southern State Governors have held a meeting without considering the issue of domestic and international terrorism as it affects the South. We know today, that a combination of terrorist groups such as ISIS, Boko Haram, Al Qaeda and others have entrenched themselves decisively in Niger State, immediately to the North of the Southwest thereby standing in a position to have easy access to the Southwest and the rest of the South,” he said.
Prof Akintoye added that, ” …at the same time, an important world power, the United States of America, has alerted the world that ISIS and its allies have infiltrated the South from the sea. The Federal Government is not saying or doing anything about all this. Again, our state governments must step into the gap and do the needful.
“What our Governors should have decided is how they would tackle insecurity in their various States. We therefore respectfully call on our Governors to go back to the meeting table again and take decisions on how they will tackle various aspects of insecurity such as kidnapping for ransom, killings, maimings, destruction, banditry, raping and others. The Federal Government has abdicated responsibility in these matters and we need our state governments to step boldly into the gap.
“Self determination of the various nationalities of Nigeria is today the idea whose time has come in Nigeria, and it will have its way, one way or another. What is needed now is that it should not be allowed to have its way through chaos, violence, and human suffering.”
