Lagos ‘terrorists den’ belongs to Bayelsa Government, monarch says
The notorious terrorists den uncovered recently in Lagos belongs to the Bayelsa State Government, the Ojora of Ijora, Fatai Aromire, said on Tuesday.
The monarch who was addressing a delegation from the Hausa community in the area who called on him, said the house where nine suspected terrorists, including a Chadian, were arrested is located in Ijora-Badia in Lagos.
“Discovery of such factory in Ijora was very sad to me and the entire family of Ojora,” the monarch was quoted by The Nation Newspaper as saying. “It was God that saved the whole Lagos because the attack was meant to destroy the state as a whole and not Ijora alone.”
Warning the delegation to be very watchful of their environment and the activities of people around them, the Ojora said Lagos is a no-go area for miscreants, pointing out that although the arrested suspected terrorists were reported to be Malians and Chadians, they resided among people in the area.
“Please, talk to your people and call them to order because if they do not desist from harbouring strange persons, the result will be disastrous for them. I also want to say that the blame should also go to the Bayelsa State government for not taking care of their abandoned house where the evil doers are using as their hideout,” he said.
According to him, his Council has been talking to the Bayelsa State government for a very long time to come and lease the building out to people that would make use of it but they refused.
Mr. Aromire said that a lot of effort was being put to work with the Divisional Police authorities and other government agencies in this area to ensure security by either demolishing the building or give it to the people that will make use of it.
The Bayelsa State Government is yet to react to the monarch’s claims.
The Bayelsa State Government is yet to react to the monarch’s claims.
Culled from NaiJ
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