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Enugu Massacre : S/east Senators Call For Emergency SE/SS Summit by mcmaurice20(m): 2:39am On Apr 28, 2016 |
THE South East Senate Caucus yesterday warned
against what it termed imminent danger and possible
attack on the unity of Nigeria if the Federal
Government fails to urgently address the Enugu
massacres by the marauding Fulani herdsmen.
Rising from an emergency meeting in Abuja yesterday,
the Senators not only condemned the attack, which left
over 50 persons dead and scores driven out of their
homes, they also called for a summit of South East and
South South State Governors, members of National and
State Houses of Assembly, Socio-Cultural associations,
traditional rulers and major stakeholders immediately.
In a statement by Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, Abia
South after the meeting, the emergency summit was
put in place to review and evaluate the very scary
situation and profer a coordinated response that would
ensure the security of lives and properties of their
people.
According to the caucus, the summit became
imperative against the background of the ominous
silence and apparent indifference of the presidency
over the killings in Enugu, some areas in Delta state
and so many other zones in recent time even when
there was obvious intelligence reports.
The statement read, “We can no longer sit and watch
while our people are daily slaughtered like fowls
without even attracting the cursory routine
condemnation by the Presidency.
“We are even more appalled that despite the alarm
raised by the Uzo Uwani Communities of an imminent
attack by the fulani herdsmen and the associated
vague assurances by the Chairman of Fulani
community in Enugu that such attack will not happen,
yet the security agencies failed to prevent the attack
that happened two days after the alarm.
“It is disheartening what is happening and somebody
has to take responsibility. That somebody has to be the
institution of the Presidency of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria.” |
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