"The coalition has also given ultimatum to Fulani herdsmen to vacate forests in Igboland on or before Sunday, February 28, failure which the Igbo will forcefully enter their forests to chase out the herdsmen"._Vanguard News
A coalition of Civil Society groups in South-East has condemned the military action against residents of Orlu senatorial zone, Imo State, which the military claimed were done by suspected members of Eastern Security Network.
The coalition comprises: Voice from the East, V-EAST; the Nigerian Society for Anti Corruption; Rights of Man Keep, ROMKEEP, and Center for Youth Development and Human Rights Upkeep.
The Coordinator of the coalition and Converner of V-EAST, Comrade Kindness Jonah, said that the Nigerian Army were mindlessly killing innocent Igbo at Orlu due to the army’s helplessness in confronting the ESN in the Forest.
The coalition has also given ultimatum to Fulani herdsmen to vacate forests in Igboland on or before Sunday, February 28, failure which the Igbo will forcefully enter their forests to chase out the herdsmen.
In a statement, Jonah noted that the quit notice was not for the Fulani in Igbo townships but Fulani in Igbo forests.
He also stated that there would be no election in Nigeria in 2023 unless the issue of Fulani herdsmen penetrating people’s forests, killing, kidnapping, raping and maiming them was squarely settled.
Reviewed by Okenwa Chinedu
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January 27, 2021
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