Monday 25 June 2012

Keep off S’West, OPC warns Boko Haram


Dr Frederick Faseun
The Oodua People’s Congress has warned the violent sect, Boko Haram, to steer clear of the South-West.
In a statement on Sunday, Founder and President of OPC, Dr. Frederick Fasehun, asked the insurgents not to “export” violence to Yorubaland.
He said although Boko Haram’s current agitation justified OPC’s age-old demand for a Sovereign National Conference, his organisation would view the attack of the region as a declaration of war.
Fasehun said, “Nigeria has been experiencing some muscle flexing that has led to the death of many citizens in the North. But since such muscle flexing is not pitching geographical zones against one another, OPC has always felt that Nigeria’s current crisis has not assumed warfare proportions.
“We sympathise with those who have causes to struggle for. However, we believe that local struggles for social justice should be contained within local boundaries.
“Any extension beyond such boundaries clearly connotes the pursuing of a territorial ambition; and any people provoking other people through territorial ambition should ultimately expect a war. And in warfare, everything and anything is fair.”
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