Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has described a claim by the United States that two terrorist groups, Al-Qaeda, and ISIS are planning to infiltrate the Southern Nigerian as alarming
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Dagvin Anderson, Commander of the US Special Operations Command, Africa, had said the insurgents have started penetrating the North-western part of Nigeria.
In a media briefing on Wednesday, Anderson said that ISIS and Al-Qaeda are also expanding to other parts of West Africa. He, however, noted that the US will continue to share intelligence with Nigeria in order to defeat the insurgents.
He said: “We have engaged with Nigeria and continue to engage with them in intel sharing and in understanding what these violent extremists are doing.
“And that has been absolutely critical to their engagements up in the Borno state and into an emerging area of northwest Nigeria that we’re seeing al-Qaida starting to make some inroads in.
“So, this intelligence sharing is absolutely vital and we stay fully engaged with the government of Nigeria to provide them an understanding of what these terrorists are doing, what Boko Haram is doing, what ISIS-West Africa is doing, and how ISIS and al-Qaida are looking to expand further south into the littoral areas.”
But reacting to the development, Fani-Kayode said if the claim is true, the south will soon experience the killings that the north has been subjected to by these two terrorist organisations over the years.
He, however, urged the different regions in the country to unite in order to save the country, noting that the two terrorist organisation will turn Nigerian into a cauldron of fire if nothing is done.
He said: “The claim by the U.S. that Al Qaeda & ISIS are planning to infiltrate the south is alarming. If true, the south will soon experience the barbarity & savagery that the north has been subjected to by these two terrorist organisations over the years. We must UNITE to save Nigeria.
“We may have differences between ourselves which ultimately can be resolved but we must not allow these two terrorist orgs to turn our nation into a cauldron of fire. They seek to tear us apart & destroy us ALL & only a fool would say otherwise. We must NOT allow them to do this.
