OPC leader cautions sect

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  Otunba Gani Adams  

The national president of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Otunba Gani Adams, has advised the Boko Haram insurgent group against extending its bombing campaigns to the Southwest.

He urged the members of the sect to embrace peace and come out to state their grievances.

Adams, who spoke to reporters at the ceremony organised to celebrate his 42nd birthday, said he did not believe Boko Haram could attack Yoruba people in the Southwest, saying it was impossible for the sect members to carry out the attack because, according to him, no Yoruba person would harbour criminals to massacre innocent people.

He said: “We believe in secularity of Nigeria in the Southwest. We have Christians and Muslims and people that believe in traditional religions in Yoruba land. No group disturbs the other and definitely, I don’t see a situation where we will have a religious violence in the Southwest. It will take an external aggression from the groups like Boko Haram to come and cause havoc in the Yoruba land.

“We don’t have any issue with them and I don’t see any reason why they will come and plant bombs in Yoruba land. If they do so, that can trigger a lot of crises in Nigeria because there can be a reprisal to that.”

He urged the government to protect  life and property of Nigerians and ensure justice in the handling of the Boko Haram challenge.

 



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