… says ‘they’ve invaded our communities, we’ll resist them by all means’
. Nigeria risking total anarchy, he warns
Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, on Sunday, read the riot act to anyone or group planning to instigate ethnic and religious violence in the South-West, warning them to perish the thought or face dire consequences.
He alleged that some religious extremists have invaded Yorubaland and planning to cause violence and chaos.
Adams, however, warned that the people of the region would vehemently resist any action aimed at triggering any form of crisis and disturb the peace in the region, with all the means at their disposal.
The generalissimo of Yorubaland also condemned last Thursday’s killing of Samuel Deborah, a 200-level student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education Sokoto by some of her colleagues over alleged blasphemy of the Prophet Muhammad.
He called on the Sokoto State Government to bring the perpetrators of the student’s killing to book.
Adams stated these in a statement by his Special Assistant on media, Mr. Kehinde Aderemi.
According to him, “We are in the midst of a full-blown crisis in Nigeria, and unless something urgent is done, this may lead to complete anarchy.
“There are reports of how some extremists have invaded the South-West. They are everywhere perfecting their insidious plans to set the South-West on fire, but I want to state it categorically that such an attempt could only trigger violence because we will resist any act that is capable of fueling both ethics or religious war in the South-West.
“These religious fanatics have their agenda. Their plan is to cause untold and monumental havoc in the South-West region. However, we are aware of their plans and we will resist them by all means.
“The incident leading to Deborah’s murder showed the callousness of the extremists. She was mobbed, assaulted, brutalised, lynched to death and heartlessly set on fire.
“It was purely a complete breakdown of law and order. A radical departure from what obtains in the world in this 21st Century.
“I am appealing to the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, to bring the culprits to book. None of them and their sponsors should go scot-free.”