Boko Haram Threat In Lagos: SSS, Islamic Group, OPC Brace Up
August 17, 2009 13:53 (4 hours ago)

By Astro Jewoola

Following speculations that members of the militant Islamic sect, Boko Haram, are regrouping in some parts of Lagos, operatives of the State Security Service (SSS), some Islamic groups and Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) have braced up to nip in the bud any possible attack.

P.M.News investigation revealed that men of the SSS, Policemen at Police Headquarters, Area ‘A’ Command, Lion Building and security personnel of Eti Osa Local Government Area have come together and are are gathering intelligence in the area with a view to quashing any possible insurgency by the Islamic militants.

A senior police officer in the area who craved anonymity told P.M.News, “We are aware of a possible invasion of this area and we are fully ready to crush them.”

It was gathered that the group stormed some places in Ondo where they allegedly fine-tuned their strategies on a possible attack of Lagos any time this week.

However, in a press release by the Movement for Islamic Rights and Justice (MIRAJ), the group condemned the killing in Bauchi and other states in the North by the Boko Haram group.

MIRAJ stated that any insurgency in the South-West part of the country will be resisted.

In a statement signed by its National Amir, Mr. Adeniyi Alim Adams, the group said, “our organisation’s strong allegiance is to protect the interest and the fundamental human rights of the people. We therefore strongly condemn in all its ramifications, the killing in the name of religion of innocent people in Northern Nigeria. And any attempt to spread it to Lagos or the south will be resisted strongly.”

Speaking in the same vein with P.M.News in Lagos, the Bashorun Musulumin of Lagos State and the Chairman, Administrative of Lagos Central Mosque, Sikiru Alabi Macfoy, said, “we are very disturbed about the killings in the north and we shall not take it lightly with any group planning to bring such satanic act to Lagos.

“We have started parleying with all security agencies. Once we suspect any illegal gathering in the name of religion, the suspects will be quizzed by our group.”

The leaders of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) both Dr. Fredrick Fasehun and the National Coordinator, Otunba Gani Adams, in reactions to a possible invasion of any of the south western states, said the OPC will not sit and fold its arms and watch Islamic fundamentalists from any part of the country cause mayhem in any part of Yorubaland.

“Whoever is making any attempt to cause chaos in this part of the county will surely meet his waterloo,” Adams warned