The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, says government must add all separatists in the Southern part of the country to the list of terrorist organisations.
He said this on Wednesday in his address to welcome members of the House back from their nine weeks recess.
The lawmakers had proceeded on recess on July 15.
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) advocates the secession of the Igbo-populated South-east geo-political zone of the country, while a group led by Sunday Igboho is leading agitation for Yoruba nations in the South-west zone.
“These people, in their inclination for devastating violence against fellow citizens, their appetite for the destruction of private property, their disruption of academic activities, commerce, and industry, their propensity for defiling institutions of the state, society and community, their refusal to engage in debate, or to consider the possibility of dissenting opinions and alternative viewpoints, are no different from Boko Haram and ISWAP. Given space and time, they will take our nation down the same path of destruction,” he said.
Gbajabiamila urged his colleagues to brace themselves for more work as the House is due to commence the implementation of the recommendations of the security summit.
The lawmakers held a security summit in May and the report of the special committee was subsequently adopted before the House embarked on holiday in July.
