week, sanity will be restored. Reality dawned on them when days after the raid, the militants resumed attacks, this time more aggressive than in the past.
Not left out in the line up of victims are security personnel, who have been repeatedly killed in their numbers. More worrisome now is an intelligence indicating that the militants are planning fresh attacks in Lagos and Ogun, with schools as specific targets.
The threat from the militants is however top on the agenda of a meeting by South-West governors, who are scheduled to meet in Abeokuta, the Ogun State Capital on Monday.
It would be recalled that the militants widely known to be notorious for vandalising Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipelines, decided to extend their criminal activities to kidnapping and robbery. As far back as 2013, they successfully invaded banks in Lekki, Festac and Ikorodu areas of Lagos in broad daylight, till they were curbed and some of their top commanders either killed or arrested. Thereafter, they concentrated their efforts on kidnapping and robbing houses close to the creeks.
Although the police have been able to nab some of their top leaders in the creeks, Saturday Sun gathered that efforts are geared towards picking up the current commander, popularly known as Ossy, who is still on the run.
It was gathered that Ossy who is currently hiding in Ondo State is still co-coordinating most of the major kidnap and robbery operations in Lagos State.
Embittered by Federal Government’s refusal to grant him amnesty, he ordered his boys to unleash hell on communities surrounding the creeks till his voice is heard.
The most recently reported attack led to the death of six security personnel who had gone to rescue victims abducted by militants at Isawo, a community in Ikorodu. It was gathered that the hoodlums in the area killed the security men in an ambush.
Residents, victims cry for help
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