NDA attck: Bandits may overrun Aso Rock – Yoruba elders warn

Following attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) by bandits in Kaduna in the early hours of Tuesday, the Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE), through its Senior Elders’ Forum, has warned that bandits may overrun Aso Rock if proactive steps are not taken to safeguard the presidential villa and the entire country.

Former National President of YCE, Dansaaki Samuel Agbede, who spoke with reporters in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Tuesday, said the invasion of NDA in which two officers were reportedly killed and one abducted was unprecedented in the history of the Nigerian military.

Agbede, who is a retired colonel of the Nigerian Army, states that the attack signified that “chicken is coming home to roost. All our calls and cries for proactive actions against insecurity have been confirmed by this worrisome invasion.

“It is very worrisome that bandits could have the audacity to attack military academy and kill officers. This has never happened in the history of the military that bandits could have the effrontery to attack military academy.

“This is too disgraceful and it is just confirming what we have been saying about the fifth columnist. We have seen why we should not allow those Boko Haram insurgents into the military. It is like putting fire on our thatched roof.

“It is time to look up and gather elders together to do something about this issue. It is dangerous to leave governance of 200 million people in the hands of one man. To say that we have a Major-General as our Commander-in-Chief and this is happening is very worrisome.