EBELE DEPLOYS SOLDIERS IN SEARCH OF BOKO HARAM IN LAGOS

Hasn’t anybody seen the Boko Haram gangs hiding in Lagos? Reliable sources have informed our President that Lagos is full of this den of killers and must be fished out immediately. Moreover, the people of Lagos need protection and the President appreciating their votes, will be relegating his responsibilities if every Lagosian is not protected with minimum force. The problem is Nigerians complain too much no matter how the President tries to protect them.

As we all know Boko Haram has caused mayhem in the North and we are committed to fishing them out no matter where they are, especially Lagos. Since they posed an endemic risk in Lagos where they can easily disappear into the fishing villages, some of the soldiers have been withdrawn from Borno State to reinforce those in Lagos. It should be clear that the President will not listen to irresponsible voices demanding that soldiers be removed from Lagos.

No responsible government will tolerate imminent danger such as those posed by Boko Haram in Lagos and not take immediate action. A responsible government does not have a choice between unarmed protesters against corruption that poses little or no immediate danger and heavily armed and dangerous militia as Boko Haram. We will hunt them where ever they are particularly when concentrated in a location such as Lagos.

Ladies and gents, this is a precautionary measure to prevent violence. As soon as violence erupts, the soldiers will be withdrawn and immediately replaced by MEND, OPC, Arewa Youth and MASSOB as backups with instruction to shoot and kill. All the reports coming in are that the situation has not degenerated to that stage since there are only unarmed protesters daring the meek and gentle soldiers.  

Corruption is a long term fight that cannot kill anyone immediately. So it can wait. On the other hand dangerous ammunition in the hands of gangs like Boko Haram in Lagos deserves prompt and immediate answer. We do not negotiate with terrorists; we fight them to a standstill. As long as Lagos protesters remain unarmed, soldiers will fish out Boko Haram amongst them. Again, the President warns that if the situation deteriorates, MEND and OPC as backup will be deployed.

The Office of the President of Nigeria has been informed that some old fools, some as old as 80 and above have come out in Lagos to demonstrate against corruption. If corruption is an instant killer, they would have been dead by now. Some of them are hiding Boko Haram in their houses and are trying to divert the attention of the Government of Nigeria. It will not work. Our target is Boko Haram and we will sort out the oldies from Boko Haram.

We must remind Nigerians that two of the protesters are one Prof. Ben Nwabueze that once called for revolution in Nigeria and the first impeached Governor Balerabe Musa. Another is a boma old boy from Lagos, Dr. Braithwaite. Not to mention Falana that you all know. Mix boma boy with revolution is like mixing a timer with explosive and we all know the result.  Law abiding citizen must stay away from them, they may be heavily armed and dangerous.

Nigerians have to be careful and not be moved by diversionary tactics. Where were these oldies in Lagos when their Governor recently booed, Fashola ordered police to brutalize and almost killed a protester? The Federal Government had to show restrain when the good citizen of Lagos called for the protection of their civil rights in Lekki. This is the reason we have avoided the use of police in Lagos and opt for the Army. If the Army cannot handle it, we have lined up MEND, OPC, and lastly but not the least Arewa Youths. Please be warned.

This President more than his predecessors, understands and promised to tackle corruption head-on. Corruption did not start under this President. Indeed, this President is still trying to clean up from the time of Babangida and Obasanjo. This is why NNPC has been reconstituted with many dedicated and sensitive bureaucrats born and bred in the economic deprived swamp of Niger Delta. They know the problem first hand and as the House tribunal is revealing, they have dislocated all the corrupt practices of the Obasanjo Government as soon as they took over.

The President wants to make it clear, that he will not be moved by any amount of intimidation and rumor mongering to discredit hard dedicated people’s servants. There is a certain amount of envy or outright jealousy because it is the time of Niger Delta to bring the income from their God given natural resources home. They complained that all the saving OBJ left have been squandered. It is our oil, our money and our sons and daughters. So please back off. Na we born am, na we poke am, na we give am belly, oil na our baby!

As started earlier, corruption does not cause immediate death, Boko Haram does. We will pick and choose when and where to fight the enemy of the good people of Nigeria. Any attempt to overthrown or give this Government a bad name under the superfluous created problem, will be resisted By MEND, OPC, MASSOB and Arewa Youths. Ebele is the first President ever elected by these combinations of human rights fighters. It is the same Yoruba of Lagos that say - First thing first.  A ki fi ete sile, Ki a ma npa lapalapa.

Written Farouk Martins Aresa.