All hope
seems lost for residents of Ikorodu area of Lagos, following repeated cases of
kidnapping and robbery by suspected militants.
The community had hoped that
after the military air and land raids in July 2016, and the demolition of some
shanties in the creeks this week, sanity will be restored. Reality dawned on
them when days after the raid, the militants resumed attacks, this time more
aggressive than in the past.
Not left out in the line up of victims are
security personnel, who have been repeatedly killed in their numbers. More
worrisome now is an intelligence indicating that the militants are planning
fresh attacks in Lagos and Ogun, with schools as specific targets.
The threat
from the militants is however top on the agenda of a meeting by South-West
governors, who are scheduled to meet in Abeokuta, the Ogun State Capital on
Monday.
It would be
recalled that the militants widely known to be notorious for vandalising
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipelines, decided to extend
their criminal activities to kidnapping and robbery. As far back as 2013, they
successfully invaded banks in Lekki, Festac and Ikorodu areas of Lagos in broad
daylight, till they were curbed and some of their top commanders either killed
or arrested. Thereafter, they concentrated their efforts on kidnapping and
robbing houses close to the creeks.
Although the
police have been able to nab some of their top leaders in the creeks, Saturday
Sun gathered that efforts are
geared towards picking up the current commander, popularly known as Ossy, who
is still on the run.
It was
gathered that Ossy who is currently hiding in Ondo State is still
co-coordinating most of the major kidnap and robbery operations in Lagos State.
-Sun News
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