Expert Warns Nigeria About ISIS Possible Intervention

Vince Onyekwelu, former British police officer and security consultant, alleged the possibility that the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIS) may be heading to Nigeria.

According to Leadership, the official issued a warning to the government as he spoke on Channels TV yesterday. He said that immediate measures should be taken for the intervention to be averted.

Onyekwelu noted that Nigeria should intensify collaboration with Niger and Chad to ensure that the ISIS terrorists fail to sneak into the country.

When asked by the interview if Nigeria should worry over the ISIS having taken over the Libyian airport, he responded:

“Yes, we should be worried because if you look at the distance between Libya and Nigeria the demarcation between Chad and Niger Republic. Now the question is what the Nigerian government is doing to make sure that Niger and Chad are doing enough to protect their border between them and Libya.

“We don’t need to worry much about this but we need to get the immigration agencies of these countries to collaborate and make sure that the borders is well secured because if these criminals into Niger Republic or Chad they are going to be heading into Nigeria so we need to make sure that in this joint task force that we are talking about how do we protect the borders of Chad and Libya, how do we protect the border between Niger Republic and Libya. So we need to protect our own but the bottom line is we should be worried because it seriously worrying.”

Recall that last week the President Muhammadu Buhari visited Niger and Chad to discuss security issues. In particular, the presidents of Nigeria and Chad agreed to strengthen cooperation in the fight against Boko Haram.

Boko Haram earlier this year pledged allegiance to the ISIS. This raised concern among experts that Boko Haram might become more powerful, with support of the ISIS jihadists.

The claim was indirectly confirmed by the last week’s Boko Haram video, which  contained the new logo “Islamic State in West Africa”.

Even more suspiciously, in a recent development, the ISIS dropped a message in its propaganda magazine saying that the group could easily transport nuclear weapon to the US through Nigeria.