The Christian Association of Nigeria,Imo State chapter, Thursday came all out to condemn the massacre of South East indigenes in Enugu state on April 26,2016,by Fulani Herdsmen in Nimbo Community of Uzo-uwani Local Government Area, Enugu State.
This was made known when the religious association besieged Government House Chapel, Owerri, on a peaceful protest led by their state CAN president, Bishop Staffford Nwogu.
The protesters who were carrying placards with inscriptions like "We reject Islamization under any disguise, No to Herdsmen terrorism, we don't want grazing reserves,” among other inscriptions.
Nworgu, who said that they came in respect of the meeting South East CAN held in Enugu state, in response of the Fulani Herdsmen attack in Enugu, to go all out in calling the Eastern governors to condemn and also call the herdsmen to order.
The Imo CAN Chairman in his words said, "We have watched with dismay only few voices have spoken, while those that matter in the federation have not said anything about it".
In addition that the association is not happy with the way and manner such inhuman case is been tackled, base on the fact that no one knows which state in the South East will experience same issue, however called on the governor Owelle Rochas Okorocha to join in rejecting the grazing reserve planned to be located in South East, saying that this will lead to starvation and hunger in the land, as their cattle will be used to destroy crops in farmlands.
In his response, the Imo state Deputy Governor, Prince Eze Madumere, asserted that those behind the recent massacre in Enugu State will not go unpunished, base on the order by President Muhammadu Buhari to security forces in the country to apprehend herdsmen who perpetrate such criminal act.
Madumere, who also said that the rescue mission administration led by Owelle Rochas Okorocha has always worked tirelessly to ensure peaceful co-existence among South-Easterners and other regions, added that they condemn it in totality, and will work towards ensuring that such hostile act does not repeat itself again in the zone.