Ohanaeze Youths Issue Final Warning To Herdsmen

By Ayodele Oluwafemi

Apparently angered by a statement credited to the National President of Miyetti Allah Kautel Hore, Abdullahi Bodejo, that the bushes in the South East region do not belong to the governors of the five states in the region, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has warned roving herdsmen to stay clear of the bushes in the region or face the wrath of the people. 

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide also disclosed that erring pastoralists caught moving with cows from community to community from Monday 9/9/19, will taste the full Wrath of Igbo, in the South East region.

It would be recalled that the National President of Miyetti Allah Kautel Hore, Abdullahi Bodejo, in an interview with The Sun, faulted the South East governors and Ohanaeze for their manner in addressing issues regarding the Fulani, saying that “What South East Governors are doing show they are not good Nigerians. Good Nigerians are supposed to accept every Nigerian to do his business in any part of the country by whatever means of bringing the business there. We Fulani are not happy over the way some governors and the Ohanaeze in that region are reacting over the Fulani issues.”

However, the President-General of the group, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, in a statement, on Sunday, noted that there is no retreat on the ban of herdsmen moving their cows from one community to another in the South East region.

The group affirmed that the bushes, forests and farmlands  in the South East region belong to Igbo speaking people of South East, stressing that rearing of cattle is a private business.

The statement reads that:

“We wish to categorically state, that Fulani tribe is one of the few minorities ethnic groups in Nigeria, irrespective of their dominance over some ethnic groups in the North. Igbo are found in all the clans across 774 LGAs of Nigeria, and a future credible census will put to an end to the bogus claims of Abdullahi Bodejo. With Igbo all over Nigeria, we have never demanded lands from host Governors outside South East or use threats and hate speeches to acquire lands for our Businesses.

 “Rearing of cattle remains a private business and should adhere to the strict rules of South East Governors on the ban of pastoralists movement of cattle by foot.

“We wish to remind Miyetti Allah that the bushes, forests and farmlands belong to Igbo speaking people of South East and erring pastoralists caught up moving with cows from Community to Community from Monday 9/9/19, will taste the full Wrath of Igbo.

“Miyetti Allah should be held responsible for daring peace loving people of South East.  South East Governors and Ohanaeze will never bring policies that will divide Nigeria.

“The recent 1700 forests guards in Enugu are properly trained, and soon the nefarious activities of the murderous bandits and herdsmen masquerading as pastoralists will be put on check.

“With the recent ban on herdsmen by South East Governors, we have finalized arrangements for the five South East State houses of Assemblies to enact laws on ban on open grazing so that full weight of the law will descend on any erring pastoralists caught up trespassing from one Community to Community.

“Miyetti Allah Kautel Hole leadership should tender unreserved apology to the South East Governors or should be arrested for hate speech and provocative remarks capable of truncating peaceful environment in the South East.”

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