Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has declared his intention to negotiate with bandits to ascertain their grievances and the way forward … revealing they’re “our children”.


According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Gov. Umahi made this declaration on Friday in Abakaliki at the presentation of 40 Toyota Sienna and 20 Hilux vehicles to security agencies for enhanced operations in Ebonyi.

He also directed local government chairmen and the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the state to identify the bandits and present them for debriefing.

In his words, David Umahi is quoted as saying:

“The bandits are our children and I am pained when they or the security agencies are killed.”

“I want to talk to the bandits and empower them as we cannot continue to kill ourselves and destroy public infrastructure.”

Read more here:
https://www.peterokereke.com/bandits-are-our-children-ebonyi-governor-david-umahi/

He must be high on Ebonyi weed. Since when did Fulani herdsmen from Niger Republic and Mali become his children?

Pressing Buhari and Fulanis mumu button because of 2023

BAT2023 mandate for me .... However, any southerner like Umahi hustling for the office of the Commander in Chief of Nigeria won't get criticized by me


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Their leaders and elites are aligning with the North politically

The dwarfed poor paupers are screaming Biafra or death

Dunces!

What about the native doctors you are gathering for your self?

baba bandit well done when are you going to hand over your will to them.
Awon family Esau because of food

When did Easterners become bandits? which of the bandits is he referring to.

Political statement driven by political ambitions and not by his head or conscience.