Southeast governors have disallowed open grazing and the migration of cows by foot in the region in a bid to fight the security challenges approaching the zone.
Chairman of the Southeast Governors’ Forum and Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi made this known on Monday during the inauguration of the All Progressives Congress in
“The governors of the southeast had disallowed not only open grazing, but we have also banned the migration of cows by foot into the southeast,” he said.
“In each of the five states of the southeast, we are managing ourselves very well. We have also banned the migration of cows across communities.
“What we briefed about in the southeast with the herdsmen, with the farmers is the method that has been in place for a long time before now.
Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi speaks during a meeting in Abakaliki on February 1, 2021.
The governor also warned the easterners against stirring up crises in the country through the spreading of fake videos alleging the killing of Fulanis by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in the South-East.
While noting that security is not an issue that should be politicised, Governor Umahi called on leaders of the region to create a framework that will secure the lives and properties of the people.
“What our people must know is that security is not political, what is demanded of the leaders is to put up programs that favour the people and foster national unity.
“There is a new dimension that is taking place in the southeast which is very dangerous.
It is when the communities use the name of IPOB, the video and upload it to the social media and say it is IPOB that is burning the houses of herdsmen.
“It is not IPOB, it is the communities that are doing this and this is very dangerous for the Igbo man. I am talking to us as leaders,” he added.
