Miffed
by the continued menace of armed Fulani herdsmen in parts of the country, the
Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra and the
Indigenous People of Biafra have warned herdsmen to steer clear from the
South-East and South-South states.
MASSOB
and IPOB cautioned that they would be forced to resist the herdsmen should they
(herdsmen) fail to adhere to their warning.
In
separate statements in reaction to the recent Benue killings on Thursday, both
MASSOB and IPOB declared their resolve to ensure the protection of lives and
properties of the people of the South-East and South-South geopolitical zones
of the country.
Speaking
with newsmen in Owerri, MASSOB leader, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, noted that the
movement would go to any length in protecting the lives and properties of the
people since the federal and state governments had shown their inability to
protect the citizens of earlier herdsmen attacks.
Uwazuruike,
who spoke through one of his deputies, Mr. Emmanuel Omenka, said the group had
finalised arrangements to deploy over 10,000 Biafran security operatives to
secure the South- East against the ceaseless attacks by the Fulani herdsmen.
He
said, “MASSOB is ready and would not fold its hands to see the Fulani herdsmen
invade, attack and destroy lives and properties of the people in the South-East
and other areas of Biafra.”
He,
however, warned the Fulani herdsmen not to launch any attack, pointing out that
the movement would not allow what happened in Enugu State in 2017 and what is
happening in Benue State to repeat itself in the South- East and South-South.
In its
own reaction, IPOB, through its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful,
warned the Fulani herdsmen to stay away the South-East and avoid venturing into
attacking industrious people of the region.
“Any
attack on the South- East or Biafraland would be met with retaliations from
IPOB. I therefore state that the reprisal would be better imagined than
expressed,” he said.
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