Rotimi Akeredolu, the governor of Ondo State, has sounded the alarm, claiming that terrorists have taken control of Nigeria’s forests.
This happened a few weeks after gunmen slaughtered nearly 40 unarmed worshipers inside a Catholic church in Owo.
President Muhammadu Buhari enhanced kinetic and non-kinetic efforts to find and bring back over 51 people who were abducted on an Abuja-Kaduna train on the day Akeredolu made his remarks.
The Governor made this statement while interacting with visitors who had come to offer condolences from the Council of All Saints Church, Jericho, Ibadan.He said: “We have terrorists in Nigeria. We need the world to assist Nigeria.
“If Nigeria doesn’t want it, Ondo State wants it. They still attacked somewhere in Ogun State recently. There are terrorists lurking in our forests.”