Chuks Ibegbu, a former Deputy Nationwide Publicity Secretary of the apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, and the Board of Trustee Chairman of World Igbo Peoples Meeting, (WIPAS) has requested all Igbos throughout Nigeria to guard themselves with no matter means and instrument at their disposal.
Ibegbu said this in view of the herders and farmers clashes in some states of the South East zone throughout an interview with DAILY POST on Thursday, noting that Ndigbo can’t permit themselves to be slaughtered in their very own land once more.
The Ohanaeze chieftain known as on all kids, women and men to be safety acutely aware because the Israelis do.
In accordance with him, “Intelligence and self-defence is the primary legislation in heaven. We should guard our villages, wards, cities, markets, bushes, homes and roads, and so forth. There ought to be no mercy to killer herdsmen.”
Ibegbu challenged safety companies within the nation to reside as much as expectation, by ending mindless assaults being witnessed at the moment in some components of the nation.
“The reality is that these assaults can by no means cease so long as Nigeria exists in its current kind. These killer herdsmen don’t take heed to preachings and don’t respect the legislation or human life”.
Ibegbu additionally backed the Jap Safety Community, ESN and known as on the regional safety outfit to redouble its effort to flush the killer herdsmen from Igbo land.
“Think about the quantum of lives misplaced. Ndigbo can’t proceed to witness this pogrom. We now have had sufficient of this prior to now. At Aba, some younger Igbo boys have been killed by safety there below the guise of ESN which is fake. We can’t bear this once more and I need to warn our safety brokers to not confront ESN, however the killer herdsmen and their backers.
Ibegbu additional condemned South East Governors for his or her delay in placing a template to guard their individuals as it’s accomplished within the South-west.
“No Igbo group ought to permit what occurred at Enugu and Ebonyi States to occur once more, “he added.
