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Buhari Orders Action Against Fulani Herdsmen by detiosa(m): 7:13am On Apr 28, 2016 |
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari
yesterday broke his studied silence on
the recurring attacks on communities by
alleged Fulani herdsmen as he said a
decisive step has been taken by his
administration to end it. To achieve that,
he disclosed that he directed the
Minister of Defence and the Inspector
General of Police to put an end to the
menace.
In line with the presidential directive, the
military has taken over the security of
lives and property in Nimbo. This was
even as the General Officer
Commanding 82, division Nigerian Army
Enugu, Major-General Ibrahim Attahiru
has visited the community.
While condemning Monday’s attack on
Nimbo community in Uzo Uwani Local
Government Area of Enugu State that
claimed several lives, Buhari who spoke
through the Minister of Information and
National Orientation, Alhaji Lai Mo
hammed, described the attack and
killing of innocent people as
unacceptable.
“…Let me use this platform to condemn,
in the strongest possible terms, the
attack perpetrated on the Ukpabu Nimbo
community in Uzo-Uwani area of Enugu
State on Monday. I deeply sympathise
with all those who lost dear ones, as
well as those who lost their properties,
in the attack.
“I have directed the Chief of Defence
Staff and the Inspector-General of Police
to secure all communities under attacks
by herdsmen, and to go after all the
groups terrorizing innocent people all
over the country. This government will
not allow these attacks to continue.
These attacks will not continue.”
President Buhari who spoke at the
presentation of a book written by the
Deputy President of the Senate, Ike
Ekweremadu in Abuja sued for
understanding among Nigerians,
pledging that his administration will not
fail in its promise of enthroning a
positive change in the country.
Also reacting, former head of state, Gen
Yakubu Gowon (rtd) charged Nigerians
not to lose faith in the country as a
result of the killings and attacks by
herdsmen. He called on Nigerians to join
forces with the government to fix all
security challenges.
Attahiru, in an interview with Daily Sun,
said already, a detachment of soldiers
led by an officer in the rank of a Captain,
are already on ground to restore peace
in the village.
The GOC, who said he also visited the
village head to reassure him of the
military protection from external inva
sion, said the soldiers would remain in
the village until total peace was
restored.
He called on those taking refuge in other
safe places to return to the village and
carry on with their legitimate business
as the military would do everything
possible to protect them from being
attacked.
When Daily Sun, visited the village, a
team of soldiers in about six patrol van
were spotted.
As angry reactions continue to trail the
gruesome attack, Governor David Umahi
of Ebonyi State, Senator Uche Ekwunife,
the All Progressives Congress (APC),
the Ndigbo Unity Forum (NUF), the Ijaw
Youths Council and the Igbo Youths
Consultative Forum (IYCF) have tasked
the President and the security agencies
to act decisively before the situation
spins out of control.
“What happened in Nimbo was a national
calamity, it was an act of barbarism,”
Umahi said.
On her part, Senator Ekwunife called on
Buhari to immediately stem further kill
ings and ensure the perpetrators are
arrested and brought to book.
This is even as teachers and pupils in
neighbouring communities in Uzo-Uwani
Local Government Area, yesterday fled
their schools, following unconfirmed
reports that the herdsmen were
regrouping for a renewed attack.
Students of Community Secondary
School, Abbi Ugbene, took to their heels,
thereby disrupting the ongoing Senior
School Certificate Examination (SSCE)
by SS3 students.
An eyewitness told Daily Sun that there
was also stampede in public primary
schools in Ugbene Ajima, located about
eight kilometers from Nimbo, when
pupils hurriedly packed their school bags
and dashed out of their classrooms.
A retired teacher, Richard Eze, said
other public schools also shut down for
fear of attack by the herdsmen. The
affected schools, include Central School
Ugbene Ajima, Central School, Abbi,
Oriental Primary School, Akibite and
Hilltop Primary School and Ajona Ugwu.
The traditional ruler of Ugbene Ajima,
Igwe Bartholomew Aluma, urged the
state and federal governments to beef
up security within the neighbouring
communities.
Also speaking, former Director of Social
Communication, Catholic Diocese of
Nsukka, Rev. Fr. Paulinus Ike Ogara,
who said he saw the ominous sign in
2001, and repeatedly warned of the
danger posed by the Fulani herdsmen
pleaded with the government to beef up
security around schools in the
communities to douse fears of renewed
attack.
Following his visit to Ukpabi Nimbo
community yesterday, Governor
Ugwuanyi summoned an emergency
meeting with the traditional rulers,
presidents-general of town unions and
leaders of the neighborhood watch in all
the communities in the state.
A reliable source disclosed that the
meeting slated for Monday, May 2, 2016
at old Governor’s lodge, Enugu at 1pm is
expected to map out the best strategies
that would promote peace and end the
attacks from the herdsmen.
The NUF in a statement by its
President, Augustine Chukwudum
condemned the alleged silence of
President Buhari.
But, the South-East leadership caucus
of the APC in a statement signed by its
spokesman, Mr. Osita Okechukwu, urged
the people of Nimbo to take solace in
the determination of Buhari to fish out
those arming the herdsmen with
sophisticated weapons.
Also reacting, the IYC in a statement by
its Publicity Secretary, Comrade Eric
Omare warned indigenes of Niger Delta
communities to be vigilante and set up
structures to prevent and respond to any
attack in the region.
It alleged plot to provoke crisis in the
country even as the Indigenous People
of Biafra (IPOB) said it will not retaliate
the murder of people of Nimbo by the
Fulani herdsmen.
The group in a statement by the Media
and Publicity Secretary of IPOB Mr.
Emma Powerful said it was not in its
character to avenge evil for evil
promising to remain a peace loving and
focused. |
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