Igbo Group Threaten FG Over Boko Haram Impending Attack In The East
The Igbo Leaders of Thought, ILT, on Sunday said that Nigeria will not survive a Boko Haram attack in the East because it would be impossible to stop the catastrophe that would follow, and urged the federal government and all stakeholders to avert the impending attack.
The warning was contained in a statement titled: “The calm before the storm” and was issued by the group Deputy Secretary, Evang. Elliot Uko, a copy obtained by Vanguard.
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The Igbo leaders cited the Sallah day arrest in Borno State, where a truck laden with bombs and IED’s disguised as cattle merchants headed for Onitsha and Port Harcourt.
The group, who noted the desperate attempts made by Boko Haram insurgents to bomb the South-East, stated that if any of those attempts had been successful, it would have posed a grave danger for the nation as there would have been reprisals and counter-reprisals.
“This simply tells us that those who are committed to bombing the east are very serious at their plans,” the group said.
The Igbo leaders who further noted that the country is in a precarious state, said they were left with only two choices; one is to keep quiet and look the other way until it happens or raise the alarm before it does happen, adding that they pray for the avoidable catastrophe to pass by because Boko Haram is really desperate to bomb eastern Nigeria.
Below is an excerpt from the statement:
“If you add this to the earlier attempt to bomb a church with 10,000 capacity at Owerri, the attempt to kill both General Muhammadu Buhari and Sheik Bauchi, nobody knows how many of such trailers have successfully transferred the deadly cargo to the east waiting for the time to strike.
“Had any of these three events exploded according to Boko Haram plan, Nigeria would have been history by now. Now, we know that the sponsors of Boko Haram are desperate to attack the South-East, let nobody pretend the grave implications of a successful Boko Haram attack on the South-East is lost on them.
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“Nigeria will not survive a Boko Haram attack in the East. In this season, which could easily be described as the season of uneasy calm before the impending storm we remind the authorities that if Boko Haram does succeed in bombing the South-East with casualties, it would be impossible to stop the catastrophe that would follow; reprisals and counter-reprisals. A people pushed to the wall will react and the northern crowd will also react and no power on earth can hold Nigeria together again. As the enemies of peaceful co-existence are determined to twist the tiger’s tail, this is truly the calm before the storm,” the group said.
Source: Legit.ng
