Boko Haram: Hausa Leaders Vow, “We’ll Not Allow Anybody To Destroy Lagos State”

Hausa leaders in Lagos state have expressed displeasure with the recent discovery of terror suspects’ hideouts in Ijora, Lagos last Thursday and have paid a solidarity visit to the Ojora of Ijora, Oba Fatai Aromire, to pledge their support against any terrorists’ incursion.
It would be recalled that no fewer than 100 soldiers assisted by men of the State Security Service, had stormed the predominantly Hausa settlement in Ijora in search of suspected Boko Haram members and in the process arrested five persons including one Ibrahim Musa, said to be an illegal alien from Chad in whose house the security operatives recovered a bomb kept in a cooler and hidden inside the ceiling of one of the rooms in his rented apartment.
Other items found  were AK-47 riffles, live cartridges and daggers.

Addressing the Ojora on behalf of the Arewa leaders in Lagos, the Sarkin Hausawa Lagos, Alhaji Sani Kabir, urged all the Hausa leaders (Sarkis) to be vigilant.
He reiterated the need for security to be strengthened by both the federal and state governments.

Kabir said, “We are here (Ojora palace) to show our concern over the discovery of bomb and pledge our support for all efforts to rid Lagos of any incursion of terrorists.
“We are a part and parcel of Lagos and this community. We will not allow anybody to destroy the state. Therefore, all the Arewa leaders in Lagos have resolved to be vigilant. If we notice strange faces, we will report them to the nearest police station.”
The Hausa leader also appealed to all the ethnic nationalities to be peace-loving, remain calm and go about their lawful businesses.
In his reaction, Oba Aromire noted that had it been the bomb was deployed, it could have wreaked havoc and called on the Hausa leaders in the state to call their people to order.
“Why do you want to bomb Lagos? What are we dragging? If they (Boko Haram members) still remain here, I will flush all of them out. They should leave my domain. My domain is not for criminals” he further warned.