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| Frederick Fasehun |
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.”
Fasehun said the Yoruba people had elected to live in peace and harmony with other ethnic nationalities.
He, however, said they would do everything necessary to protect and defend their land and people from external aggression.
Culled from The Punch
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