The attention of Afenifere has been
drawn to the allegation by the Ojora of Ijora,Oba Fatai Oyeyinka Aromire that
the house where nine suspected terrorists ,including a Chadian, were arrested
in Ijora-Badia in Lagos belongs to Bayelsa State Government.
The monarch made the allegation while receiving a
delegation of Hausa community and we quote him:
“Discovery of such factory in Ijora was very sad to me
and the entire family of Ojora. It was God that saved the whole Lagos because
the attack was meant to destroy the state as a whole and not Ijora alone.
“But let me state here clearly that you should warn
your men very well. Lagos is no-go area for miscreants. Although, they call the
perpetrators Malians and Chadians, but they reside among your people here in
Ijora”
“Please, talk to them and call them to order
because if they refuse to desist, the result will be disastrous for them.
“I also want to say that the blame should also
go to the Bayelsa State government for not taking care of their abandoned house
where the evil doers are using as the hideout.
“We have been talking to them for a very long
time to come and lease it out for the people that will make use of it, but they
refused.
“If you ask the Divisional Police Officer (DPO)
in this area, he will tell you all our efforts to ensure that they come to
either demolish or give it to the people that will make use of it, but they are
yet to respond.”
The claim by the Ojora raises a read flag that cannot
be ignored given the psychological warfare that has been waged against
Yorubaland of possible terror attack for about a year now. What has largely
been perceived as threat is assuming a near reality with the discovery of this
terror hideout .
We are compelled at this stage to call for a thorough
investigation of this incidence to ascertain the following:
1. Who these suspects are and what links they have
with the blood-sucking Boko Haram or Amy
2. Why the Bayelsa state Government would maintain an
abandoned property in Ijora-Badia of all places in Lagos?
3. The veracity of claims that the Bayelsa state
Government has been approached several times by the community to demolish the house
or give it to people who may use it without any response
A satisfactory explanation to (3) would dispel the
conspiracy theory that Boko Haram may have become a franchise under which fifth
columnists may be operating to disrupt the peace of Yorubaland and
instigate a national crisis with our land as a possible battle ground.
We would not accept any shoddy handling of this case
as has happened to many of such incidents in recent with suspects paraded and
nothing is heard again.
We also warn all agents of terror to stay away from
Yoruba nation in order not to invoke the wrath of our ancestors.
Yoruba people are peace loving and our land a place
where people from all nationalities from Nigeria are at home without any fear
of molestation. Any group or individuals who want to shatter the peace of the
region can only meet their Waterloo.
Finally, we call on our people to be vigilant at all
times and report suspicious movements to the appreciate authority.
Yinka Odumakin
National Publicity Secretary
Afenifere
