S’East govs storm Abuja over Fulani herdsmen attacks

Apparently upset by the relentless killings and
attacks on communities in the South-East
geopolitical zones, governors of the region have
headed to Abuja to lodge their displeasure to the
Federal Government.

It is believed that the governors are not merely
on a trip to complain but to make some definite
demands on the presidency concerning the
unchallenged impunities of Fulani herdsmen in
the region.

Governor Rochas Okorocha, who returned to Imo
State Tuesday from a medical trip, is said to
have rallied his colleagues in the region to
action, describing the killings by the nomads as
a national calamity.
While the governors of Imo, Enugu and Abia left
for Abuja Wednesday morning, the governor of
Ebonyi State left Tuesday evening for Abuja.
It is not very clear the disposition of Governor
Willy Obiano of Anambra State on the issue as
he appears to always distance himself from the
activities of the South-East governors.

For the other four governors of the region, they
are evidently pained by the wanton killing
campaigns of the Fulani nomads and are
sufficiently embarrassed and insulted by the fact
that in the face of such killings, the system
renders them helpless and unable to protect their
citizens.