The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC)
has warned terrorists threatening to attack the Federal Capital Territory and Lagos to refrain from attacking the south west region, saying such attempt would be met with stiff resistance.
OPC gave the warning in a statement signed by its publicity secretary, Barrister Yinka
Oguntimehin, while reacting to the rising spate of insecurity across the country, especially, with the repeated attack on Owo town.
Oguntimehin decried the various terrorists’ attacks in the Federal Capital Territory and some parts of the Northern states, insisting that the porous security situation in the country is a pointer to imminent war that is capable of pushing Nigeria to its precipice.
The OPC publicity scribe blamed the Federal Government for failing to act, giving possible impression that it has been overwhelmed by the protracted security challenges.
“From the present situation in the country,it is evident that the Federal Government has been overwhelmed
by the rising spate of insecurity in the country. President Muhammadu Buhari has failed to match his words with actions.
“For instance, public schools in Abuja, Nasarawa State and some other parts of the North are shutting down as a result of the rising insecurity.
“The situation is getting worse everyday with numbers of killings increasing sporadically.
“However, there is urgent need for the southwest governors to rise to the security situation before it is too late.
“We should not take the terrorists’ threats with levity. We must act now”.
Oguntimehin, while urging all sons and daughters of Yorubaland to be vigilant, assured the people of the southwest that OPC will not relent in its efforts to forestall any security breach.
“There are reports that terrorists have relocated from the Middle Belt to the Southwest. So, we need to be vigilant because it is evident that the security architecture of the Federal Government has failed already.
“The OPC will continue to offer the necessary support in terms of surveillance and intelligent gathering in order to bolster the security situation in the South west”.
