A Second Republic Senator and a renowned Historian, Prof.
Banji Akintoye, has alerted governors in the South-West that the entire region
has already been surrounded by terrorists.
Akintoye, who is the leader of Ilana Omo Oodua, the umbrella
body for Yoruba self-determination groups, informed the governors in a letter
written to them that the terrorists were ready to strike any moment from now.
This was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by his
media aide, Mr Maxwell Adeleye.
He urged the government to begin to make moves to scuttle
the planned attacks by the criminals, adding that the hoodlums had perfected
plans to attack important places in order to wreck the economy of the region.
Akintoye in the statement also advised the General Overseer
of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye; Bishop David
Oyedepo of Winners’ Chapel; and other church and Islamic leaders to protect
their churches and mosques from being attacked.
He also called on Yoruba youths to be more vigilant and
prevent the influx of terrorists into the region.
Akinyoye said, “A combination of Fulani terrorists, Boko
Haram and ISIS, have occupied Niger State, which is immediately north of
Yorubaland, thereby providing for themselves very easy access into Yorubaland
through the Yoruba parts of Kwara and Kogi states.
“Then recently, the
US issued a statement that ISIS had infiltrated Southern Nigeria from the sea,
meaning that the coast of Lagos, Ogun and Ondo states have been infiltrated.
“Our situation has thus become desperate and requires
desperate actions from our state governors. I feel obliged to devote much
attention to the study of our Yoruba nation’s vicissitudes in these terrible
times and from such studies, I am hereby raising an informed alarm to the
governors of our states.
“I humbly and passionately urge our governors to come
together to give the needed response to the danger that threatens to engulf
Yorubaland in, most probably, the next few days.
“It is very well known that the signature action of these
foreign terrorist organisations is to first destroy prominent assets of the
society that they attack. That could mean that major public and private
buildings in Lagos and Ibadan, particularly the hugely symbolic Cocoa House in
Ibadan, would be their immediate targets.
“Owners and custodians of significant edifices in Yorubaland
are strongly advised to establish formidable security for their edifices. These
include bridges, important public and private buildings, churches and such eminent church estates as
the Redeemed, Winners, Deeper Life, Mountain of Fire Church camps and the
unique Synagogue building of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, and even our
most prestigious central mosque buildings in Lagos, Ibadan and our other
cities.”
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