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TERRORISTS PLOTTING TO CARVE OUT PARALLEL STATE WITHIN NIGERIA, WARNS GBENGA HASHIM

…CALLS ON PATRIOTIC FORCES TO UNITE ACROSS PARTY, RELIGIOUS AND REGIONAL DIVIDE

Former Presidential candidate and Frontline politician, Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has raised the alarm over a deepening security crisis in Nigeria, warning that a coalition of terror groups with global links are actively plotting to establish a Parallel State within the country.

Hashim made the revelation in response to the recent massacre of over 200 civilians in Yelwata, Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. He described the incident as yet another pointer to the growing sophistication of what he termed an “adaptive insurgency” operating in the northern part of the country.

“The killings in Benue last weekend are a tragic reminder of the complete breakdown of security in Northern Nigeria. What we are witnessing is not isolated violence, but a coordinated effort by a mortal alliance of terror groups whose goal is to carve out a State within Nigeria,” Hashim stated.

According to him, this wave of terror is not limited to Benue or the Northeast but has progressively engulfed large parts of the Northwest, including Zamfara, Kebbi, Kaduna and some sections of Katsina States, where communities continue to suffer loss of life, livelihoods, and dignity.

He also warned of the insurgency’s growing incursion into the North Central and Southern regions, citing recent activities in Kwara, Ekiti, Ondo, and Kogi States.

Hashim expressed concern that the Federal Government’s persistent delay in adopting recommended strategies, such as the decentralization of policing through the establishment of State and Local Police, suggests either gross negligence or willful complicity.

“Since 2014, the APC has found the strategy to win elections, but they have not found, or pretend not to find, the strategy to end insecurity and poverty,” he remarked, questioning whether elements within the ruling party may be covertly aligned with the forces of terror.

Hashim highlighted Nigeria’s historic reputation as a regional peacekeeper, having played pivotal roles in halting civil wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone, and helping out with peace efforts in Congo and Sudan, and lamented that the country is now appearing helpless within its own borders.

“Nigeria is not such a weak State as her current rulers are making it look. We were once the pride of Africa’s military diplomacy. The question now is whether our leaders have the will and patriotism to save the country,” he added.

Calling on all patriotic Nigerians across ethnic, religious, generational, and political divides to rise to the occasion, Hashim warned that Nigeria stands at a tipping point.

“This is a defining moment for our country. We must act now or risk losing the republic to a violent, extremist alternative.”

He concluded with a solemn prayer for national deliverance, “May God save and bless Nigeria.”

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/06/benue-massacre-terrorists-plotting-to-carve-out-parallel-state-within-nigeria-olawepo-hashim/

Some people will come into this thread to check if Peter Obi said anything inside the post, if he did, they will oppose his views and leave the killings, if he didn't, they will leave through the back door.

bilms:
TERRORISTS PLOTTING TO CARVE OUT PARALLEL STATE WITHIN NIGERIA, WARNS GBENGA HASHIM

Former Presidential candidate and Frontline politician, Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has raised the alarm over a deepening security crisis in Nigeria, warning that a coalition of terror groups with global links are actively plotting to establish a Parallel State within the country.

He also warned of the insurgency’s growing incursion into the North Central and Southern regions, citing recent activities in Kwara, Ekiti, Ondo, and Kogi States.

Hashim expressed concern that the Federal Government’s persistent delay in adopting recommended strategies, such as the decentralization of policing through the establishment of State and Local Police, suggests either gross negligence or willful complicity.


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/06/benue-massacre-terrorists-plotting-to-carve-out-parallel-state-within-nigeria-olawepo-hashim/

These people have lied so much and now they are believing their lies.

There's nothing like terrorists in Nigeria. What we have are fulani politicians and soldiers who are doing land grabbing, backed by the president of Nigeria.

You can't continue to deceive everybody all the time. The people who helped APC to remove Jonathan are being settled right before our eyes.

PresidObi:
Some people will come into this thread to check if Peter Obi said anything inside the post, if he did, they will oppose his views and leave the killings, if he didn't, they will leave through the back door.

Bruv, go and find something to do with your time other than constant hero-worship of the charlatan Obi.

When serious and existential issues facing Nigeria are to be discussed then know that Obi will never be invited to sit in attendance.

His political peers who have the security reports of Obi's handling of security challenges in Anambra, know he is incompetent, cowardly, duplicitous and compromised.

Only you street level messiah worshippers believe Obi to be what he is not to try to convince others of your delusions.

If not, tell me when, in the history of Nigeria, that a Presidential candidate has not even have a few distinguished and undisputed achievers and titans in politics, business and industry behind him as is the case with the political leper Obi.

The fanbase of Obi mainly consist of young Nigerians with memories that does not stretch beyond 2019 when Obi ran as VP to Atiku.

Nigeria is like a shipwreck that has been entrusted to an incompetent old capitan to fix and sail on. It clearly has no direction at this time.

My happiness is that the islamic terrorists are only interested in taking over the northern part. If the worst comes to the worst, everybodi go answer him papa name. For now, we mouuuveeee......

WizardOfNG:
Bruv, go and find something to do with your time other than constant hero-worship of the charlatan Obi.

When serious and existential issues facing Nigeria are to be discussed then know that Obi will never be invited to sit in attendance.

His political peers who have the security reports of Obi's handling of security challenges in Anambra, know he is incompetent, cowardly, duplicitous and compromised.

Only you street level messiah worshippers believe Obi to be what he is not to try to convince others of your delusions.

If not, tell me when, in the history of Nigeria, that a Presidential candidate has not even have a few distinguished and undisputed achievers and titans in politics, business and industry behind him as is the case with the political leper Obi.

[b]The fanbase of Obi mainly consist of young Nigerians with memories that does not stretch beyond 2019 [/b]when Obi ran as VP to Atiku.

You are right with the bold, Nigerians who were not born with generational hatred or evil hero worship of drug barons.

WizardOfNG:
Bruv, go and find something to do with your time other than constant hero-worship of the charlatan Obi.

When serious and existential issues facing Nigeria are to be discussed then know that Obi will never be invited to sit in attendance.

His political peers who have the security reports of Obi's handling of security challenges in Anambra, know he is incompetent, cowardly, duplicitous and compromised.

Only you street level messiah worshippers believe Obi to be what he is not to try to convince others of your delusions.

If not, tell me when, in the history of Nigeria, that a Presidential candidate has not even have a few distinguished and undisputed achievers and titans in politics, business and industry behind him as is the case with the political leper Obi.

The fanbase of Obi mainly consist of young Nigerians with memories that does not stretch beyond 2019 when Obi ran as VP to Atiku.

If Obi is truly irrelevant, it's strange how much energy you’re spending trying to discredit him. His appeal isn’t about hero-worship, it’s about a clear break from the recycled politics of godfatherism and unchecked corruption. Young Nigerians support him because they are tired of the old system failing them. That’s not delusion, it’s clarity.

PresidObi:
You are right with the bold, Nigerians who were not born with generational hatred or evil hero worship of drug barons.

Whatever. I was born long after Azikiwe's treacherous frustration of Awolowo's attempt to include a secession clause in our constitution, the Igbo coupe, the civil war and many other historically important developments.

Does not mean I allow myself to be ignorant of those pivotal and definitive events in the history of Nigeria. To know your past is to know who you are and where you are going.

There is no excuse for you Obi fans not to learn of his past leadership history as Governor of Anambra if you genuinely mean well for our nation and wish to note whether he is fit to be President of Nigeria or not.

Your response shows who/what you are. Another bigot desperate to experience Igbo Presidency even if that will come under one of the most incompetent, most undistinguished and most failed political leader Nigeria has ever known.

WizardOfNG:
Whatever. I was born long after Azikiwe's treacherous frustration of Awolowo's attempt to include a secession clause in our constitution, the Igbo coupe, the civil war and many other historically important developments.

Does not mean I allow myself to be ignorant of those pivotal and definitive events in the history of Nigeria. To know your past is to know who you are and where you are going.

There is no excuse for you Obi fans not to learn of his past leadership history as Governor of Anambra if you genuinely mean well for our nation and wish to note whether he is fit to be President of Nigeria or not.

Your response shows who/what you are. Another bigot desperate to experience Igbo Presidency even if that will come under one of the most incompetent, most undistinguished and most failed political leader Nigeria has ever known.

I wont respond anymore to people who have no sense

Ofunaofu:
If Obi is truly irrelevant, it's strange how much energy you’re spending trying to discredit him. His appeal isn’t about hero-worship, it’s about a clear break from the recycled politics of godfatherism and unchecked corruption. Young Nigerians support him because they are tired of the old system failing them. That’s not delusion, it’s clarity.

I did not say Obi is irrelevant. Of course he is relevant to you and street level hero-worshippers and ignorant/illiterate members of the Nigerian population.

To other leaders and important decision-makers, who understand what it takes to lead and make transformational decision, Obi is not a character to be respected.

To them, he is a glorified traders, and never a leaders, who failed horribly as Governor of Anambra. He was not even mediocre. He was very poor.

While you people who cursed him yesterday are now trying to whitewash his image today because of desperation for an Igbo Presidency.

Using an example to put issues in context for you, how many leaders, even if they dislike Wike's combative style, can accuse him of not being brave when they saw him stand his ground to face Fulani born-to-rule arrogance in PDP while Obi fled to Labour?

Obi, given his history, is the worst candidate to ever step forward to Nigeria's President.

Federal government and the military industrial complex, including the private military equipment builders in Nigeria, should come together and start producing drones m surveillance lethal drones should fill our forests skylines, all connected to satellite, every inch mapped. We can outsource this service infrastructure/satellite connection and mapping to military service companies, there are a lot of them in the world.

WizardOfNG:
I did not say Obi is irrelevant. Of course he is relevant to you and street level hero-worshippers and ignorant/illiterate members of the Nigerian population.

To other leaders and important decision-makers, who understand what it takes to lead and make transformational decision, Obi is not a character to be respected.

To them, he is a glorified traders, and never a leaders, who failed horribly as Governor of Anambra. He was not even mediocre. He was very poor.

While you people who cursed him yesterday are now trying to whitewash his image today because of desperation for an Igbo Presidency.

Using an example to put issues in context for you, how many leaders, even if they dislike Wike's combative style, can accuse him of not being brave when they saw him stand his ground to face Fulani born-to-rule arrogance in PDP while Obi fled to Labour?

Obi, given his history, is the worst candidate to ever step forward to Nigeria's President.

Peter Obi, the man you call a “glorified trader,” left office in Anambra with no debt, billions in savings, improved education metrics, and a reputation for prudence that even Soludo no fan of his could not fully discredit. If that’s “failure,” please explain what we should call the current federal economic disaster under your celebrated “decision-makers.” World class leadership?
It's quite funny that you support a man who vanished from public view during the EndSARS protests now mocking Obi for “not being brave.” Peter Obi didn't flee to Labour party, he escaped a rigged political structure, gave Nigerians a third option, and broke the monopoly of tribal politics. That takes spine, not cowardice.

If Tinubu ever dares to leave the APC and stand on his own, he wouldn't even scrape 500,000 votes. That’s how hollow his so-called popularity really is

You claim that Peter Obi isn't respected by "leaders"? Funny how the same man is hosted by global institutions like Chatham House, Columbia University, the IMF while your own hero can barely sit through an interviews

Finally, reduce Obi to “street-level” all you want. History is kind to men who walked the streets with the people. It rarely remembers those who clung to power with no credibility.

If the price of being “irrelevant” is integrity, then Nigerians will take Obi’s irrelevance over Tinubu’s relevance any day.

The terrorism we face today is a result of APC power drunkenness to rule as President…They brought in the terrorists and gave them a name just to win the election and now they have gone to far from APCs reach..