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ARMED
EXTREMIST GROUPS AND THE MENACE OF THE FULANI CATTLE-HERDERS IN THE SOUTH EAST
COMMUNITIES OF NIGERIA -- OGANIRU NDIGBO
FOUNDATION/IGBOVILLE CALLS FOR CAUTION
THE
PROBLEM:
Since
the dawn of some armed extremist groups in the Northern part of Nigeria, there
has been the need for the citizens of this country to exercise more security
consciousness.
Occasional news releases and private publications have indicated the covert operation of some of these groups; sometimes, they pose as personnel of the security agencies and mingled with the civilian population to unleash mayhem on innocent citizens. The news media have also been awash with past cases where mayhem of unimaginable proportions has been carried out in the dead of the night and some, in the broad daylight.
Due
to the migratory tendency of the Fulani cattle herders, the fear that members
of this armed extremist groups may swell their ranks to cause mayhem in some
communities in the South East is therefore a major concern to an Igbo advocacy
group, the Oganiru Ndigbo Foundation, ONF and their online platform, IGBOVILLE since
the cattle herders live with the civilian population in major villages and
cities in the heartland of Igbo land.
It
is for this reason that the Oganiru Ndigbo Foundation/IGBOVILLE wish to draw
the attention of the Federal Government of Nigeria, all the 5 SE governments,
the SE National caucus at the National Assembly, Ohaneze Ndigbo, Igbo leaders
of thought, well meaning Nigerians and security agencies to monitor and be more
vigilant of the activity of some of the cattle herders in the South East.
For
example, the latest incidence of the menace of the cattle herders on the 8th
of August 2013, where residents of Umuekwunne,
Irete, Imo State who visited the Fulani cattle herding community in Irete to
complain of the destruction of their farmlands by cattle, and the incessant
complains of rape by their women going to the farm, were greeted by a rude
shock. It was alleged that the ‘cattle herders’ attacked the unarmed and unsuspecting villagers with dangerous weapons.
According
to reports, many villagers sustained grievous injuries. Specifically, a certain
Chibuzor Hezekiah Okorie was shot in the stomach and likewise cut in the
midsection and leg with a cleaver. His sibling was likewise struck.
The two brothers and many other residents of
Umuekwunne, Irete who made the trip to the cattle herders’ camp escaped death by
the whiskers.
The
Oganiru Ndigbo therefore queried what cattle herders would
possibly be doing with the type of dangerous weapons that were allegedly used
to inflict injuries on innocent villagers and therefore call for strict
monitoring of the activities of some of the cattle herders so that their ranks
are not infiltrated by members of the armed extremist group to unleash more
mayhem on innocent harmless, unprepared and
unarmed villagers.
The Oganiru Ndigbo is therefore calling on all the 5 SE
governments to collaborate with the security agencies to ensure that such ugly
incidence is never perpetrated in any other part of Igboland by the cattle
herders.
To
watch and do
nothing is definitely no more an option.
For
and on behalf of OGANIRU NDIGBO FOUNDATION/IGBOVILLE
UCHE ONUH EME L. PRESIDENT
GENERAL
EMEKA MADUEWESI
KELECHI DECA
JENIFFER UZOAMAKA
VICTOR AGUKU
IHEMELANDU ONYEKABA
INNO UZUH
ERESI GRACE OKOH
PROFESSOR CATHERINE ACHOLONU
LILIAN NGOZI
CHUMA OBI
J DUKE ANAGO
JOHN OKIYI KALU
HONOURABLE NELDA CHIOMA ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL
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