The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba land, Gani Adams, has raised an alarm about the worrisome spate of insecurity in the country, saying Nigeria is already sleepwalking into a collapse.
In a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Mr Kehinde Aderemi, the Yoruba generalissimo accused the Federal Government of watching while the terrorists buy more weapons to unleash terror.
โWe 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,โ Adams said.
According to Adams, he has information that fully armed terrorists have made the forests in Osun and between Oyo and Ogun states, their enclave, where they are allegedly planning to attack states in the southwest.
He specifically said the terrorists are between Osu forest and Ile Ife in Osun State and in the forest between Ibadan in Oyo and Abeokuta in Ogun State.
Under President Muhammadu Buhariโs administration, Aare Ona Kakanfo said insecurity and the economy have reached their worst ever state.
โThe information reaching me today is that the terrorists are in-between Osu forest and Ile Ife, Osun state, fully armed with various ammunition and they are present in the forest between Abeokuta and Ibadan planning to attack us in the southwest. This is one piece of information that we need to act on in order to avoid a possible calamity.
โYoruba arenโt cowards. So, let everybody in the southwest be vigilant and be watchful in checking these insecurity scourges that are already stiff-necking Nigeria and could not let the nation breathe,โ he added.
Read the full statement below:
Insecurity: Nigeria already sleepwalking into avoidable Decline โ Gani Adams
..Says, Intel shows terrorists are in Osun, Ogun forest
Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Abiodun Ige Adams, has raised the alarm on the worrisome spate of insecurity in the country, saying Nigeria is already sleepwalking into a collapse.
In a statement he signed personally, and made available to the media by his Special Assistant on Media, Mr. Kehinde Aderemi, the Yoruba generalissimo declared that the somnambulation was caused by a criminal overdose of chronic pain inflicted on the country by the inaction and connivance of those in authority with terrorists and undesirable elements in the polity.
It also said that from the economy to security, the country is already heading for a decline which, he said, will affect sub-Saharan Africa and the Black World.
Calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to quickly stop the drift into destruction, the Aare Ona Kakanfo said a series of serious security breaches in the country in the last few months means that all is not well with the security architecture of Nigeria.
โOn the economic front, it is another sad story. A dollar is now more than N700. This is an administration that met dollars at less than N200 in 2015.
Economically, if this is not scary enough, we wonder what is.
โWe now have a situation in which family members are being forced to raise N100 million naira to pay as ransom.
โThe money is delivered to these terrorists to buy more weapons and the government is merely watching.
โAfter 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 kidnappings.
โThe insecurity situation has reached its peak with the threat by these terrorists to kidnap the President, governors and lawmakers.
โPresidential 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.
โThe Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives declared that he read more than 40 security reports from the DSS, warning of an impending attack on Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja.
โThe attack did not only happen which led to killings but pitiably, nobody has been punished for dereliction of duty.
โPainfully, Nigeria is going down because it looks as if there is no government in the country. Millions of Nigerians are in pain, they are suffering.
โIn the Abuja-Kaduna train passengers video released by the terrorists, it is heartbreaking to watch fathers, mothers, and children being flogged, tortured and humiliated. The terrorists must have data to be able to send the video out. So, what is the job of Nigerian Communications Commissions and intelligence units of security agencies?
Is it a crime for Nigerians to move from one place to the other?
Mass abductions go on every day, yet not one victim has ever been rescued, except when a ransom is paid.
โThe horrendous humiliation of Nigerians in their country by these terrorists should stop immediately.
โPresident Buhari can use his executive powers to allow the immediate establishment of state police with a mandate to flush out all the terrorists stationed in strategic places in the country.
โNigeriansโ silence is being misconstrued for foolishness. By the time President Buhari and other government officials realize that Nigerians can rise like Sri Lankans, it will be too late for them.
โThe President has about 10 months left in office. This is the time to redeem his image. Nigerians believe, and rightly so, that without high-level conspiracy with these terrorists, the blood-thirsty maniacs will not have the audacity and insolent boldness to be attacking Nigerians everywhere.
โSomnambulation and hate actions from the government against Nigerians must stop nowโ
โNow that Abuja has seemingly lost the battle to terrorists, the southwest region has been the next target of these destroyers of hope.
โBut, we will never allow them to destroy our land. Therefore, we urge the six governors in the southwest states to hold an urgent emergency security meeting with stakeholders across the region so as to address the impending implosion.
โWe are aware of their plans to strike in Lagos, Ibadan, Oyo state, and Abeokuta in Ogun state, however, I implore all the governors in the southwest to recruit local security service structures in their various local governments.
โAt least, 150 people in each local government. This local security architecture would be given stipends as salaries as their job is to assist and complement the efforts of operation Amotekun that had been existing in five out of the six states in the region.
โHowever, it must be said also that in case the governors need my help or any kind of assistance or that of Southwest Security Stakeholdersโ Group (SSSG) in strengthening our regionโs security, I am ready to offer the assistance.
โNothing guarantees safety in any country or region other than the synergy and cooperation among all the stakeholders.
โI 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.
โFor instance, the information reaching me today is that the terrorists are in-between Osu forest and Ile Ife, Osun state, fully armed with various ammunition and they are present in the forest between Abeokuta and Ibadan planning to attack us in the southwest. This is one piece of information that we need to act on in order to avoid a possible calamity.
โYoruba arenโt cowards. So, let everybody in the southwest be vigilant and be watchful in checking this insecurity scourge that is already stiff-necking Nigeria and could not let the nation breatheโ, Iba Gani Adams said.
