Osun Govt Assures Safety Over ISWAP Attack Report
The Osun State Government has assured residents that it is working to ensure that the insecurity in neighbouring states does not spill over to Osun.
This was as the state government equally urged residents to alert security agencies to any suspicious movement in their vicinity.
The Special Adviser to Governor Ademola Adeleke on Security Matters, Mr. Samuel Ojo, stated this on Wednesday in response to the security alert issued by the Department of State Services (DSS).
The DSS had in a confidential memo dated October 20, 2025, and addressed to the Brigade Commander of the 32 Artillery Brigade, Nigerian Army Corps of Artillery, Owena Cantonment, Akure, raised an alarm over an imminent terrorist attack on some communities in Ondo and Kogi States by the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP).
The memo warned that credible intelligence confirmed plans by the insurgents to launch coordinated assaults on several communities.
The memo, signed by Hi Kana, Director of Security, DSS Ondo State Command, specifically listed Eriti Akoko and Oyin Akoko in Akoko North-West Local Government Area, as well as Owo town in Owo Local Government Area, as potential targets.
The secret service cautioned that the terrorists had already commenced surveillance of soft targets in the affected areas and called on the military to heighten security operations to forestall any attack.
“Intelligence confirmed plans by members of ISWAP to carry out coordinated attacks on communities in Ondo and Kogi States anytime soon.
“The level of security alertness across the identified communities should be immediately scaled up to prevent loss of lives and property,” the memo stated.
But Ojo, while reacting to the alert, said that he and other Security Advisers in neighbouring states have discussed extensively on how to ensure the bandits do not have their way.
He said, “As far as Osun State is concerned, and being the Special Adviser on Security Matters to the governor, we are always working proactively to ensure that all the security issues from other neighbouring states will not affect us.
“As soon as I got the SOS alert message, I sent it to all the security advisers in Ondo, Ekiti, Kogi, and Kwara States. We, the Special Advisers on Security, are having meetings periodically.
“Even without meeting, we’ve discussed extensively on how to ensure that such a warning should be taken seriously and we act proactively and make sure those useless bandits do not have any way to come to our state.
“Osun people should continue to cooperate with the government and inform any security agency close to their neighbourhood of any suspicious movement.
“About four weeks ago, there was baseless information regarding the Fulanis that came in from Kwara State to Osun State, and without wasting time, we sent them back to where they came from, and they left.”
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