Igbo group faults SE governors, says herdsmen have taken over 400 villages
The Alaigbo Development Foundation, ADF, has raised the alarm that about 400 villages within Igbo land have been taken over by killer herdsmen marauding the region.
The elite group which is led by Professor Uzodinma Nwala also faulted the governors in the region for their incapabilities and poor governance in the region.
In a statement by the group’s Chairman, Media and Publicity Bureau, Abia Onyike, the group noted that because of the insensitivity on the part of the governors in the zone, the killer herdsmen have taken over 400 villages in the South-East, stressed that failure of governance on the part of South-East governors manifests in lawlessness, disobedience of laws by citizens and groups without appropriate sanctions from government and security agencies.
ADF said: “The herdsmen have taken over 400 villages in the South-East with regular reports of constant incidents of killings, kidnappings, raping of women and girls and other criminal activities.
“It is in the light of this development that ADF congratulates the Chairman of Aniocha Local Government Area of Delta State, Mr. Chuks Oseme, who recently mobilized his council authorities to set up a vigilante group to flush out criminally-minded herdsmen that were involved in killings, rape and kidnapping in the forests within the area.
“The council Chairman had stated that herdsmen and other strangers in their vicinity must obey the laws of the land and respect the rules or be prepared to be flushed out of the area.
“Such a courageous and unequivocal statement from an elected government official condemning the atrocities of herdsmen in Delta State is a very good example of what is required of government officials and the law enforcement agencies in order to remind the herdsmen and miscreants that they are not above the law.
“State governors, federal lawmakers and security agencies should speak out in defense of the right to life of the citizenry and the supremacy of the rule of law, to re-assure Nigerians that we are not descending into the rule of the jungle.”
Nwada Ugochinyere Onyechere reporting, Obinwannem News
