By Efe Onodjae
A former Minister of External Affairs, Prof Bolaji Akinyemi, has warned the federal government to prepare for the destabilization plot that the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine may trigger.
Akinyemi, who spoke in Lagos on Friday at the second lecture series of the Department of History and International Relations, Lagos State University, with the topic, ‘Competing Narratives on the Russian-Ukraine War,’ said some fighters in the war were already heading for Africa, hence the nation must be prepared to deal with the destabilisation plot that such might bring.
He said, “Nigeria has to focus on its own security as combatants are leaving Europe; they are coming into Africa. That is why we are having this destabilisation in the Sahel. So, you’ve got to secure the nation and also increase agricultural production. We have got to warehouse them because a hungry nation is an angry nation.
“The country needs to get funds into…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
