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President Buhari Finally Orders Action Against The Fulani Herdsmen! by detiosa(m): 7:32am 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. |
Re: President Buhari Finally Orders Action Against The Fulani Herdsmen! by detiosa(m): 7:34am On Apr 28, 2016 |
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Re: President Buhari Finally Orders Action Against The Fulani Herdsmen! by Mynd44: 7:34am On Apr 28, 2016 |
Re: President Buhari Finally Orders Action Against The Fulani Herdsmen! by detiosa(m): 7:35am On Apr 28, 2016 |
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Re: President Buhari Finally Orders Action Against The Fulani Herdsmen! by Mynd44: 7:35am On Apr 28, 2016 |
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