Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on Monday, lamented the growing wave of terrorism across Nigeria, particularly in the North-East, North-Central, and North-West regions.
In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Jare Ajayi, Afenifere attributed the surge in terrorist activities to a combination of factors, including ungoverned spaces, porous borders, the proliferation of weapons, complicity of state actors and influential individuals, sabotage, foreign interests, and illegal mining.
The organisation further blamed ethnic groups’ quest for territorial dominance, instability in Sahel countries, farmer-pastoralist conflicts, a growing army of uneducated youths, particularly in the North, and socio-economic issues such as high unemployment, weak state presence, and a rising culture of wealth acquisition at any cost.
“In identifying the root causes of insecurity, it is clear that wide expanses of ungoverned land, porous northern borders, the proliferation of weapons, and weak institutional capacity all play critical roles,” Ajayi said.
