Keep Away from Lagos State, APC Warns Biafra Agitators

The All Progressives Congress in Lagos State has issued a warning to those calling for a sovereign state of Biafra to stay far away from the state. The ruling party also warned members of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), and Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to “discontinue such attempt to plunge Lagos into crisis.” APC contended that with the increased insecurity in Lagos state, any attempt by any group to operate under the platform of protest to compromise the security of the state would not be tolerated. In a statement issued by its spokesperson, Joe Igbokwe, Lagos chapter of the APC emphasised that the state would not give room to “politically sponsored hoodlums, masquerading as Pro-Biafran protesters” or any group to compromise the security of the state. “We hope the will of the law enforcement agencies in Lagos will not be tested at a time like this. As a party that governs Lagos, it will be derelict of us to watch a group of politically-sponsored hoodlums tamper with the tight security system that has been effortlessly put in place by the state government to combat increasing crime rates in the state. “We cannot allow these hoodlums, sponsored by politicians that failed woefully in the last general election, to unleash mayhem on peace loving Lagosians so as to achieve dark political aims that run parallel to the interests of Lagosians. “It is obvious that the sponsors of the planned protest want to throw the state into needless mayhem by their act but the state will be ready to mete out to them the appropriate antidotes for such folly. “Knowing full well that whatever they purport to represent is alien to Lagos and Lagosians, we wonder what the evil masterminds of these purported protests want to achieve in Lagos if not to plunge the state into unmitigated disruption and crisis and we state that Lagos will not allow such plans. “Knowing full well that hoodlums are meant to capitalise on any so-called protests to unleash mayhem on Lagosians and compromise its tight security, we have no doubt that the brains behind the protest have very sinister intents the state will not allow. “Lagos APC wants to use this opportunity to warn market leaders that are involved in this plot or allow their markets to be used for such dangerous activities that the state will not hesitate to not only show such market leaders the exit from such markets but will take measures to ensure that such markets are not used as hatcheries for dangerous activities. “We urge Lagosians to be law abiding and report the masterminds of such evil plots that endanger the security of lives and property in Lagos to appropriate security agencies.”