Aare Gani Adams has warned that terror groups are preparing major assaults on the South-West, claiming that recent attacks in Kogi and Kwara were carried out to test the region’s vulnerability.
Adams issued the warning in a video clip shared on Saturday by the social media commentator @OneJoblessBoy, in which he said intelligence reports indicated that armed groups had already entered several communities in Yorubaland.
He stated that the situation posed a serious threat to national security and necessitated urgent action.
“We are in a situation that our country is in a serious security threat,” he said.
He stated that credible information showed that the Southwest had been infiltrated.
“We got an information on a very serious authority that we are being highly infiltrated in the southwest,” he said.
He described Kogi and Kwara as buffer states that were being used by armed groups to prepare for wider operations.
“What they are doing in Kogi Ankwara is just a test of drama to start the major attacks in the southwest,” he warned.
He added that the planned targets included Oyo, Ekiti, Ondo and Lagos.
“The information in our disposal is that they want to attack Oyo, Ekiti, Ondo, and Lagos,” he said.
He identified the perpetrators as bandits, armed Fulani groups and international terrorist organisations.
“In some cases you call them bandits; in some cases, you call them Fulani henchmen,” he said.
He noted that ISIS, ISWAP and Boko Haram were active in Nigeria and had splinter groups that continued to launch assaults across the country.
He said many of the attacks were coordinated by foreign elements.
“It goes beyond Nigerians,” he said.
Adams said the motivations behind the violence ranged from religion to ethnicity and economic interests.
He expressed shock over a statement by the Benue governor alleging a Christian genocide in the North-Central.
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He said the country had been overwhelmed by daily reports of killings in Benue, Plateau and various rural communities.
He argued that mass killings and targeted attacks fit into the definition of genocide.
“When a race is attacking another race and tries to wipe them out of the system or from the state or community, there is no way you cannot classify it as genocide,” he said.
The warning triggered a wave of reactions on social media, with many Nigerians accusing the federal government of ignoring repeated alerts from security experts.
Users argued that Bola Tinubu’s administration had failed to protect citizens and had allowed insecurity to worsen across the country.
Several commenters noted that Peter Obi had consistently warned about national security failings and the need for intelligence-based policing.
Others urged South-West leaders, local security networks and communities to step up surveillance and avoid treating the warning as political propaganda.
Some questioned the role of Adams as Aare Ona Kakanfo, asking what measures he was taking to defend Yoruba communities.
Many expressed fear that the threat was already close and said the government must respond immediately.
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