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By Sunny Nwankwo, Aba

Residents and indigenes of Uratta Community in Aba North Local Government Area of Abia are living in fear following the death of a Police Sergeant killed by yet-to-be-identified hoodlums.

Our correspondent gathered the late police sergeant identified as Okezie was unlucky not to have escaped the attack on his police station.

It was not yet clear if the hoodlums carted away his riffle during the attack.

A van belonging to the station, which was given to them by the Police Command from the fleet of cars donated to the Command of the Nigeria Police by Governor Okezie Ikpeazu was equally burnt.

The charred vehicle is said to be abandoned at the Uratta junction of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway.

Some of the residents, who spoke to our correspondent, disclosed they have been living in fear while others have hurriedly left the area, citing the recent Orlu, Imo State.

According to the residents, the incident happened on Monday night.

The Abia State Command Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Geoffrey Ogbonna, couldn’t answer his calls.

He stated in an SMS he can’t take calls at the time of filing the report.

yorubarere:
They are dead scared of him. I like as Tinubu no even bother.

Registration of herdsmen has finally commenced in Ondo state

- Recall that Governor Akeredolu had recently ordered all herders in the state to register or leave the forest reserve

- Meanwhile, the government said it is waiting for more of the herdsmen to take advantage of the registration period


Despite their initial refusal to obey the directives of the state government, herdsmen who are illegally occupying the state's forest reserves have conceded defeat.

Consequently, they have started registering as per the directive of the Ondo state government.

The government said this will be used in ejecting unregistered herders from the state’s forest reserves.

This was disclosed by the special adviser to the state governor on security, Alhaji Jimoh Dojumo, Punch reports.

Meanwhile, herdsmen are reported to have started leaving the state’s forest reserves following the government’s order.

Sunday Igboho may be recruited as leader of Amotekun, sources claim
Recall that the order was backed by governors’ forum and the Miyetti Allah at their meeting on Monday, January 25.

The Ondo government said it had started registering herdsmen in the state. Photo: @RotimiAkeredolu

The state government is said to still expecting more herders to register.

Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that in what will excite many people and annoy others, some sources are claiming that there are plans to make Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, known as Sunday Igboho, the corps marshal of the South West Security Network, code-named Amotekun.

Some governors don't like the idea but the majority were in support of it.

The reason those who supported the move reportedly gave was based on Igboho's passion for the safety of the Yoruba people.

In another development, Legit.ng reported that Nigeria's prominent human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), accused the federal government of portraying itself as the defender of herdsmen in the country.

The senior lawyer made the accusation when he appeared as a guest on a Television Continental (TVC) programme on Sunday, January 24.

banio:
Igbos keep making the same mistake of confronting the Army.

They will waste you guys, at worst the world will shout genocide.

ChoCho54:
Who has ever dialogued successfully with Fulanis. Their leaders even acknowledged the order has been in place for two years.
Whether they comply or not, I don't think anyone is actually interested in enforcing any strident order on any of guest if not for the cruel insecurity it built. Their leaders are the only ones that can rein in their people and the time is now. I don't sincerely enjoy the stereotyping but only they can fix it.

ChoCho54:
From the beginning, the governor asked the herders in the forest reserve to come forward and be registered or quit

Lol how many times do you want Fulani to remind you that they own Nigeria?

My point is, their leaders promised to comply and work with the government, it's not going to happen. How do you convince someone who thinks he owns the land to pay money to do one documentation like that. They won't comply.

ChoCho54:
My dear I was not talking about open grazing. I'm talking about the foresters.

ChoCho54:
Yes I saw it too. But it looks like a coded message to me. Fulanis believe they own every land in Nigeria and therefore never occupied anywhere illegally. This is a vicious cycle really.

Governors of the South-West on Monday banned all forms of open grazing in the region.

The decision was taken today when the governors met with the leadership of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria as well as security chiefs.

Jonathan39:
Open grazing continues in Southwest. The fulanis won ?

MACBAN Southwest Zonal Chairman said the association was ready to abide by the rules and regulations of the government

SW1st:
Breaking News!!!!

MACBAN: No more night grazing, underaged grazing in South-West


https://www.today.ng/news/nigeria/macban-night-grazing-underaged-grazing-south-west-342752

The National President of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Alhaji Muhammadu Kiruwa, has directed Fulani Herders across the Southwest to put an end to both night and underaged grazing with immediate effect.

Kiruwa also warned herders to desist from taking their cows to people’s farms for grazing, adding that the frequents farmers/herders clash must be brought to an end.

He spoke in Akure, the Ondo State Capital during a meeting between the Miyetti Allah and some Governors under the platform of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF).

The MACBAN President said the order given by Governor Akeredolu was not new but has been issued two years ago, adding that those who wished to remain in the government forest reserve should get registered.


While stressing that MACBAN is a peaceful association that values peace and condemned criminalities in any form, the President said MACBAN will continue to work with security agencies to fish out criminals.

MACBAN Southwest Zonal Chairman said the association was ready to abide by the rules and regulations of the government, saying that Governor Akeredolu never asked the Fulanis to leave Ondo State but to get registered if they are illegally occupying the government forest reserve.

He expressed their readiness to support the governors and the security agencies in bringing the criminals masquerading as herdsmen to justice.

Sammy07:
That's cowardice nah

waledeji:
Wetin dem pray for to happen in Youbaland is happening to them live... Karma

Quit notice: 51 suspected bandits arrested in Oke-Ogun – Oyo Govt

FIFTY-ONE suspected perpetrators of kidnapping, rape and banditry have been arrested by the Oyo State Police Command in the Oke Ogun area of the state.

Special Adviser to Governor Seyi Makinde on Security, Fatai Owoseni, disclosed this when a delegation of Oyo State Government officials and the new Commissioner of Police in the state, Mrs. Ngozi Onadeko, toured the trouble spots of Ibarapa and Oke-Ogun areas on Sunday.

The officials conducted on-the-spot assessment of the tension-soaked communities.

The Commissioner of Police, who led senior Police officers, including Deputy Commissioners of Police and Mobile Police Commanders on a tour of Igangan, Tede and Ago Are communities, sued for peace, while also declaring the readiness of the Police to embark on a thorough investigation to ensure justice for victims of kidnapping, armed robbery, rape and other crimes.

Owoseni, who led the government’s delegation, also appealed to community leaders, youths and Hausa-Fulani residents to eschew violence and live in peace.

Owoseni told the people to be vigilant and ensure they identify the criminal elements among them for prosecution by the Police, declaring that no one should take laws into their hands.

He also debunked insinuations that the government of Governor Makinde had abandoned the people to their fate.

He said that government would ensure that justice prevails in the cases involving the arrested lot, adding, however, that the people must remain vigilant.

“If you see something, say something,”Owoseni counseled residents of the visited communities.

The delegation also visited the razed home of the Seriki Fulani in Igangan, where it assessed the extent of damage and promised thorough investigation.

Secretary of Igangan Development Advocates, Lawal Akeem, who spoke in Igangan, said that the people were tired of the antics of the Seriki Fulani, Alhaji Saliu Abdukadir, whom he accused of complicity in different cases.

He also said that the community had been forced to pay about N50 million in ransom for different cases of kidnapping, while also accusing Fulani herders of regularly vandalising farms and raping women of the community.

Another youth in the town, Taiwo Adeagbo, said that no fewer than 15 women had been raped in recent weeks.

A member of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon. Peter Ojedokun, also told the delegation that Ibarapaland had been peaceful all the while but that the peace was affected recently when Fulani herders started attacking members of the community on their farms, kidnapping persons and committing crimes.

Alba3:
Isukwato1son, all your village cassava have been uprooted by herdsmen to feed their cows but you're here drinking their urine. continue!

Princeps:
Nothing you have said here changes the fact that you are from a tribe of cowards. Northern man slave. Fu*k off abeg. Las las when this country break, you Yorubas can join your masters in the North as one "Negeria". Olodo!

The leadership of Miyetti Allah, umbrella body of herdsmen in the country, is set to meet with Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo State, to plead for more time to comply with his decision to regulate herdsmen in the state.


https://todaypoliticsng.com/miyetti-allah-to-meet-akeredolu-monday-beg-for-time-to-comply-with-vacation-order-source/

Princeps:
Continue fooling yourself. Meanwhile Fulani are raping your women as we speak, u are here pretending that everything is alright for yourself. Proper mumu!

The leadership of Miyetti Allah, umbrella body of herdsmen in the country, is set to meet with Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo State, to plead for more time to comply with his decision to regulate herdsmen in the state.


https://todaypoliticsng.com/miyetti-allah-to-meet-akeredolu-monday-beg-for-time-to-comply-with-vacation-order-source/

Princeps:
Ohh because I mentioned Ojukwu and what he told Awolowo before the civil war, you assume I am Ibo abi? Sorry to disappoint you but I am not Ibo. Because every problem that disturbs you tribalistic clowns, na "Omo Ibo" cause am. Ode. Be grasping at straws, if you like dont focus on the Fulani herdsmen knocking at your gate. You guys are so fickle, lazy, and silly.

Princeps:
I am from the Niger Delta mumu. A proper coast man. You South Westerners are cowards. If it's to make noise and be the most tribalistic tribe in Nigeria, you guys are very good at that one. Meanwhile the Fulani people are about to finish in all Yorubaland what they started in Kwara in the past. You are here making noise and a stranger is taking over your land. Ode!