Scores of angry youths Monday marched the streets of Owerri to the Imo State Government House in protest of alleged persistent destruction of farmlands, armed attacks and killing of natives by Hausa Fulani herdsmen in the state.

The group largely made up of young men and women from Irete community in Owerri West council area of Imo state, took to the streets following renewed attack by the nomads which left two brothers critically injured and 10 others sustaining various degrees of injuries.

The incident followed the invasion of farmlands in Umuekwunne in Irete on August 8, 2013 by the some Hausa Fulani herdsmen and when challenged by natives of the community, the nomads opened fire on the community with AK-47 automatic weapons. One of the brothers lying critically injured in the hospital was shot on the leg by the herdsmen and further inflicted with deep machete cuts to the side and neck region and left for dead.

The protesting youths lamented the nonchalant attitude of the Imo state government to the plight of the community, noting that the matter has been reported several times to the government with the government repeatedly exhibiting an alarming level of indifference and taking no firm or substantive decision on the matter.

One of the protesters whose name could not be ascertained under the rowdy atmosphere fumed: “Farmlands have been destroyed, our women raped and natives killed by these armed herdsmen, yet the Okorocha led government has not found it necessary to take any action to forestall these violations or protect lives. Apparently, the Governor wants to appear a ‘nationalist’ in the interest of his political ambition. Exhibiting more kinship to the rampaging herdsmen and with none of Ideato kinsmen affected, Okorocha thinks he can afford to play politics with human lives.”

One of the banners displayed by the angry youths read: “Rochas, enough is enough”.

Earlier the same day another youth group under the auspices of the Imo state Youth council marched to media organizations in the state to give vent to their grievances.

One of the youth leaders, Mr. Frank Edede while commenting said that Imo youths also have the capacity for violence but are willing to engage the system in seeking lawful redress to the issue. He called on Governor Rochas Okorocha to rise up to the occasion, as the Chief Security officer of the state and put an end to the arbitrary invasion of farmlands in Imo state and lawlessness on the part of the herdsmen. Edede however in a veiled threat warned that, “If the governor doesn’t know what to do, then we shall help him.”

SOURCE: http://crimefacts.org/imo-youths-protest-killings-armed-attacks-by-nomads-accuse-okorocha-of-playing-politics-with-human-lives/

Someone should please tell this Aboki Igbo to wake up to his responsibilities!

Imo youths r fools,dats why I love Anambra state n Abia state die them dnt take nonsense from anybody
Imo youths why protesting? MUMU youths na ur Governor go fight hausa wey kill ur brothers n molest ur mothers stupid youth u guys should be ashamed of ur selves cowards
I LOVE Anambra n Abia state
Those mumu fulani should thank their God dat imo is nt anambra if ds happen in Anambra state those fulani will nt live n tell d story even their cow will be their dinner dat nite

The protesting youths
lamented the nonchalant
attitude of the Imo state
government to the plight of
the community, noting that the
matter has been reported
several times to the
government with the
government repeatedly
exhibiting an alarming level of
indifference and taking no
firm or substantive decision on
the matter.

so no be today the sodomy done start.

And some members will come here to tell us fulanis dare not trespass in the region.

The week child is always the one waiting for the father to come to report and whine to the father, the strong child will carry out the judgement on his own without looking on anybody.

nor ona voter in? anyway na APC man. he can even sale IMO state if that is What it takes him to be the president of Nigeria. the man na hypocrite

Kudos to Irete youths and women for finding the courage to speak out. I hope it will not take a greater calamity for Imo people to realize that they dealing with a reckless and clueless junta.

Imo youths are FOOLs! Ok make your governor carry machete pursue Hausa fulani for you abi? Who did you call when you chased an elected Bishop from his post?
Bunch bastards

Onyegecha: Kudos to Irete youths and women for finding the courage to speak out. I hope it will not take a greater calamity for Imo people to realize that they dealing with a reckless and clueless junta.

For finding the courage to speak out Fools, make rochas carry cutlass pursue Hausa Fulani nawaoo

Rochas de chop Tuwo Shinkafa

Akpa ife: Imo youths r fools,dats why I love Anambra state n Abia state die them dnt take nonsense from anybody
Imo youths why protesting? MUMU youths na ur Governor go fight hausa wey kill ur brothers n molest ur mothers stupid youth u guys should be ashamed of ur selves cowards
I LOVE Anambra n Abia state
Those mumu fulani should thank their God dat imo is nt anambra if ds happen in Anambra state those fulani will nt live n tell d story even their cow will be their dinner dat nite

Those youths na mumu

"The military events of both World Wars have proved anew that the capitalistic countries are paramount also in armaments production. No foreign aggressor can destroy capitalist civilization if it does not destroy itself. Where capitalistic entrepreneurship is allowed to function freely, the fighting forces will always be so well equipped that the biggest armies of the backward peoples will be no match for them. There has even been great exaggeration of the danger of making the formulas for manufacturing “secret” weapons universally known. If war comes again, the searching mind of the capitalistic world will always have a head start on the peoples who merely copy and imitate clumsily." - Ludwig von Mises, Human Action

let's ostracise imo and their governor from igboland