The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi has said that the Southeastern region of the country does not want war but rather wants to be a part of a fair Nigeria.
The governor stated this on Thursday May 20th 2021, at a media briefing organised by the Presidential Media Team in the Statehouse in Abuja.
He said that in the Southeast, the people don’t want war nor want to secede, but instead want to be a part of a fair Nigeria where justice, equity, and freedom exist.
The governor explained the situation in the Southeast as a mixture of reality, fake news and war propaganda.
He lamented over the increasing insecurity in the region which resonates the peaceful agitation for a better region by IPOB, MASSOB, and the eastern security network in the east which he said has been hijacked by bandits and it escalated.
He noted that there are rightful agitations in the Southeast but that it has turned violent because It’s been hijacked.
According to him, foreign herders have infiltrated the country and are causing mayhem.
On Asaba Declaration, Mr Umahi said that anyone who is against the ban on open grazing is saying that the killings in the country should continue.
He further insisted that the establishment of security outfit, Ebube Agu which has been passed into law in Ebonyi state is empowered to arrest anyone found culpable of steering chaos pointing out that there are no grazing routes in the south that would enable cattle move freely without trespassing and adding that open grazing is synonymous with enabling armed foreign herders to perpetrate killings in the country.
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