OPC Leader Warns South West On Boko Haram

The leader of Odua People’s Congress, OPC, Otunba Gani
Adams, has warned over the possibility of the Boko
Haram insurgency to spill over to western Nigeria if not
properly curtailed.

According to Sunnewsonline, Adams made this statement
while speaking at the Oranyan Festival held at the palace
of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi
recently.
He said: “Indication is rife that Boko Haram has entered
South West. Evidence of their incursion into the zone was the
explosion in Apapa, Lagos, of which, Shekau, the Islamist
sect leader, claimed responsibility.”
OPC leader, Gani Adams
It was also gathered that the OPC leader advised political
leaders in the South West to proffer a drastic solution to
curtail the Boko Haram menace in the region.
He berated the governors in the south west for their
nonchalant attitudes towards the Boko Haram menace,
saying none of them had called him, as the leader of the
OPC, to discuss proactive measures to curtail the spill
over.
“I have been to 51 countries launching OPC. I’ve just
returned from Europe and what they were asking me is on
the issue of Boko Haram.
“We need to organize a stakeholders’ meeting on security in
order to chart a way forward on how to secure our region
against Boko Haram.
“The issue of Boko Haram is a collective responsibility.
Everyone must harmonise his or her potentials to curtail the
menace as the sect members cannot be fought from afar as
their identity is hidden,” Adams opined.
Abubakar Shekau
Commenting on the concluded National Conference in
Abuja, Adams, who was a delegate to confab, said the
resolution of the conference recommends a true
federalism synonymous to the United State of America
which makes its political system to thrive.
The Boko Haram insurgents are believed to have killed at
least 5,000 people across Nigeira through terror attacks.
The leader of the Islamist group, Abubakar Shekau , was
reported to have been killed at the weekend only for the
news to be debunked few hours later.