The
Boko Haram is gradually moving down south to Lagos, Ogun, and Rivers a state, following
the extensive military onslaught against it in the North-East geo-political
zone, Senator Babafemi Ojodu (ACN Ekiti) has disclosed.
The
senator spoke at a lecture organized to commemorate the 70th birthday of Ropo
Sekoni, a retired Professor of Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, in
Lagos, yesterday
Ojodu
said that during a visit by the Senate Committee on Defense, Army and Intelligence
to the North-East, military authorities informed them that documents recovered
from the dreaded Islamist insurgents revealed that they still have about 6,000
fighters ready to fight to the finish.
Some of
the members are hiding at the Sambisa forest far away from Maiduguri, the Borno
State capital.
“We
were told by the military that the sect members are moving into Ogere in Ogun
State, Lagos and Port Harcourt,” Ojudu said. “The military said they are trying
to flush them out, but we don’t know how much they have succeeded.”
The
senator added, “The Boko Haram issue is the biggest problem before us but we
are not tackling it with urgency. We are busy talking about 2015.”
Ojodu
stated that his team’s five-day official assignment ended abruptly on the third
day because the atmosphere in the area was “not conducive.”
The
military, according to Ojudu, showed the visiting senators several video
clips, including how members of the dreaded sect butchered the 10 traders from
Bodija market, Ibadan, who had travelled to the North to buy beans.
The
documents recovered from the sect also revealed that members had vowed that
they would fight to the finish, Ojodu, representing Ekiti Central, added.
On
Monday, the International Criminal Court (ICC) indicted the extremist Boko
Haram sect for crime against humanity for its widespread and systematic murder
and persecution of civilians since 2009.
The
report titled, “Situation in Nigeria” says there is reasonable basis that since
July 2009, the group that aims to spread radical Islam in Northern Nigeria has
committed crime against humanity.
The
report highlights various attacks on civilian population by the sect. It also
described these attacks as systematic and widespread spanning over the entire
North-Eastern region, as well as Plateau, Kogi, Kano, Bauchi and Kaduna states.
The
birthday lecture in honour of Prof. Sekoni, entitled ‘Make or Break: The
Imperative of Cultural Democracy in Nigeria’ was delivered by Femi Folorunso,
writer and author. Mr. Folorunso was a student of Prof Sekoni at the then
University of Ife.
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ReplyDeleteFashola please leave the Igbos alone to live in peace in Lagos citizens of federal republic of Nigeria and eradicate the Boko harams relocating to Lagos.
ReplyDeleteMichael Uche if you are not a fool, how do you want Fashola to do magic without pushing some people out? Tell us who are the criminals in Nigeria!! You better seal your wide mouth if you don't ve anything to say.people are talking you foolish igbo thief want to be heard.
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ReplyDeleteTO Win the war agaist boko haram in lagos everybody must join hands with the security agents expecially Lagos Landlords.
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