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The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has accused southeast governors and politicians in the region of emboldening Fulani herdsmen to carry out killings in Igbo land.
The pro-Biafra group alleged that south east governors and politicians in the region turned a blind eye to attacks by Fulani herdsmen in Igbo land in order to gain favour from the APC administration
IPOB in a statement by its spokesperson, Emma Powerful, blamed governors and politicians in the south east for allegedly trading the lives of their kinsmen for crumbs they are expecting from the “APC government that has nothing to offer Nigerians let alone Igbo Governors and politicians”.
The group said: “The first attack by Fulani herdsmen in Enugu state that resulted to the arrest of over 76 persons who were searching for the whereabouts of their loved ones after the attack, and their subsequent arrest by the security agents, particularly the police and detaining them at Police Zone 9 Umuahia and subsequently arraignment was not condemned by the South East governors and politicians, and that emboldened them for the next attack in the state of Ukpabi Nimbo community in the state.
“IPOB worldwide therefore is constrained to raise accusing fingers on the Governors and politicians in the South East over the killing of our people. The Governors and the politicians used the life of their brothers and subjects to play game of politics, trading them off to the APC government for crumbs they are expecting from the government that has nothing to offer Nigerians let alone Igbo Governors and politicians.
It queried why security operatives arrested relations and victims of who were attacked by suspected Fulani herdsmen instead of the people that attacked them being arrested.
The group faulted the National Assembly members and other southeast political appointees and others close to the corridors of power for not voicing out against the arrest of Igbos protesting against the killings of herdsmen in the region.
“Today, we are talking about another attack that claimed the lives of over 40 persons in the same state and nothing is being done to assuage the pains of the people, while a blatant lie by the Department of State Service, DSS, that five Fulani herdsmen were killed and buried in Abia State.
“This unsettled the country, and the South East governors, and politicians were never moved by the killing of over 20 and arrest of their over 76, and now the recent killing of over 40 people at Nimbo.”
In a related development, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has warned that Nigeria cannot afford to graduate from Boko Haram insurgency to an unwarranted attack by unknown gunmen alleged to be Fulani herdsmen.
The ACF reacting to attacks on Ukpabi Nimbo community in Enugu state by suspected Fulani herdsmen called on security agencies to unmask the perpetrators of the heinous attacks.
The group in statement on Thursday, April 28, by its national publicity secretary, Alhaji Muhammad Ibrahim, commiserated with the government and people of Enugu state over the attacks.
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