President Muhammadu Buhari has urged traditional rulers to support the efforts of the government in ending the crisis in the Niger Delta.

He made the request while in a meeting with the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III who visited him at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Thursday.

Speaking with State House Correspondents at the end of the meeting, Alaafin of Oyo said discussions at the meeting resolved around the problems facing the country including the militancy in the Niger Delta and insurgency in the north.

Coming close to that is the infiltration of the militants in Lagos and Ikorodu where in the last three weeks, 10 landlords were massacred”, he said.

The traditional ruler thanked the government for restoring law and order in Ikorodu which was recently held hostage by militants. “If they had successfully spread their activities to the South West, there would have been more destruction. Lagos is the economic heartbeat of the nation. “The President listened attentively and he has asked me to pass the information to other traditional rulers in my domain to assist the government by giving advice because he is a good listener but that such advice should be put in writing so that he can then relate it to the problems affecting Nigeria”, he said.