Igbo Govs To IPOB: We Have Banned Open Grazing

Two days after IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu gave Southeast governors a 14 day ultimatum to ban open grazing in the Southeast, the governors on Monday gave him their response. The Igbo governors in their reply said open grazing has been banned and will remain banned.

Chairman of the Southeast Governors Forum, David Umahi gave the response to the IPOB leader on Monday. He, however, drew back from calling him by name in his response.

Umahi spoke at the APC stakeholders meeting at the Christian Ecumenical Centre, Abakaliki. He said that the Southeast Governors’ Forum had also banned the movement of cows by foot.

“Governors of South East have been  calling on our leaders to speak out on the security of the zone and unity of Nigeria. I read in the paper where someone said he was giving governors of South East 7-days to ban open grazing.

“The governors of Southeast had banned open grazing and movement of cows by foot into South East in each of states of the zone. We are managing ourselves well. What we discuss with the herdsmen is the system in place for a long time,” he said intoning that the Igbo governors had banned open grazing in the region.

“What our people must know is that security is not  political. What is demanded of the leaders is to put up programmess that favour the people and foster national unity”.

The governor also said that he was fully in support of the  call to flush out criminal elements from forests across the nation to boost the security of the country.

“In our forests today, we have the kidnappers, herdsmen, cultists, all sorts of criminals. Anybody staying in the forest is taking a risk when we say that people should move out of the forests. It is for their safety and security.

“So, I support that kidnappers, herdsmen, cultists, and bandits should be flushed out of our forests.”

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