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ISIS, ISWAP may likely attack Lagos, Sokoto’ – Fani-Kayode raises alarm
A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Femi Fani-Kayode, has predicted that Nigerian border states might be vulnerable to terrorist attacks.
Fani-Kayode noted that states between Lagos to Sokoto may be vulnerable to ISIS and ISWAP terrorists’ attacks if Niger Republic and its allies opened their corridors to the terrorists.
The politician warned that some of these terrorists had infiltrated Niger state and the southwest.
He declared the warning in a series of tweets on his official X (Twitter) handle.
“If Niger Republic and her allies deliberately open a corridor for the elements of ISIS, AQIM, ISWAP etc., to move into Benin and Togo, ECOWAS’ weakest link, then the whole of Nigeria’s western borders, from Sokoto to Lagos, would be vulnerable to terrorist attacks.
“Already some of the elements have penetrated into Niger State, around Borgu and Shiriro, very close to Benin Republic and some states in the South West of Nigeria.”
… Where is the Command HQ located? Who takes care of Nigér’s sector 3 of the MNJTF in the Lake Chad, for I guess they will withdraw their troops?
If Burkina Faso and Mali join Nigér forces, as they threatened they would, who blocks the southward movement of the insurgents and… pic.twitter.com/vRCzZTAkyW
— Femi Fani-Kayode (@realFFK) August 20, 2023
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