…Says Gumi’s Visit to Igboho provocative
A pan-Yoruba security advocacy group; Southwestern Security Stakeholders Group (SSSG) have issued a strong warning to Bandits and criminals who may be planning to shift their operation to the southwest region of the country to desit from such action or face strict penalty.
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The organization made the announcement shortly after an emergency meeting in Ikeja’s Omole Phase 2. The group added in a statement signed jointly by its convener and secretary, the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams and Alhaji Owolabi Amusat, that there are indications that bandits have completed their preparations to strike in the southwest.
The statement in part: “In recent times, bandits have variously attacked the North East, North West and North Central, leaving in its wake, disturbing scenes of terror, killings and destruction that are capable of destroying the sanctity of Nigeria
On this note, the Southwest Security Stakeholders Group has considered it necessary to beef up the security operations in our region, and we charged the police and all other security outfits across the region to remain vigilant in ensuring that the region is safe.
Any attempt to invade the southwest will bring about both economic and political doom.”
Sheikh Gumi’s visit to Igboho town, on the other hand, was condemned by the organization as an attempt to humiliate and discredit Yoruba activists and liberation warriors.
It further noted that the Islamic cleric’s body language, utterances, and those of his associates, Usman Yusuff in Igboho town, clearly demonstrated that he was behind the DSS attack on Igboho’s Soka residence, and that a portion of Yoruba territory had been captured.
“Gumi is a Nigerian, he has the right to visit any part of the country but it shouldn’t be to the extent of deliberately attacking Igboho’s ideology in his hometown. Such attempt is provocative, and can lead to crisis if it was in parts of the North. That was why it elicited various reactions. Gumi’s ideas are always at variance with the present reality in the country and I think it is better for him to desist from fanning the embers of discord in the country and the southwest in particular.
“SSSG is driven by the calls to ensure effective security across the southwest. We are also keen on regionalism where each region will control the security architecture of their respective region.
“If Nigeria does not return to or go back to regionalism based on the true federalism that we had in the past, there may be crisis and nobody should blame those agitating for self determination.
“But as a group, we will not relent in the struggle to protect the South West and we are determined to partner with the police and other security agencies to combat crime and make the region safe for all and sundry”, the statement concluded
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