Governors and other leaders of the South-East geopolitical zone rose from a marathon emergency security meeting on Tuesday evening without mentioning the issue of the detained leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, for whom a weekly sit-at-home protest had been put in place in the zone.
In a communique issued at the end of the meeting and read by Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State, the leaders said that “the governors and leaders of the South East condemned the killings in the region and have agreed to join hands with security agencies to stop the killings.”
The communique also said that the “meeting condemned the sit-at-home orders, which are mostly issued by our people in the diaspora who do not feel the pains, the meeting resolved that governors and all people of the South-East will do everything within the law to ensure that there is no further sit-at-home in the South East and that people are allowed to freely move about in the zone.”
The leaders disclosed that the “meeting agreed that the South-East Ebubeagu security outfit be launched in all the South-East states and laws passed in various South-East states before the end of 2021.”
They acknowledged receipt of the committee report from “Ohaneze on various matters affecting the South East, especially on the issue of security and marginalization of the South East people, and resolved to study the reports from Ohaneze Worldwide for immediate implementation, and engagement with the Federal Government for amicable settlement of all issues agitating the minds of our people, especially the youths.”
The leaders agreed to support security agencies to restore peace in the South-East; and also resolved to support election in Anambra State and directed security agencies to ensure a peaceful election in Anambra State come November 6, 2021.
The meeting had in attendance Governors Hope Uzodinma, David Umahi, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Imo, Ebonyi and the Enugu States respectively, the deputy governor of Abia State, ecclesiastical leaders from major religious organizations in the zone as well as royal fathers, community leaders, youth and women leaders, Ohanaeze Ndigbo leadership, elected officeholders, National Assembly members from the zone.
The meeting mandated the clergymen, bishops, CAN, Ohanaeze and traditional rulers to continue to dialogue with the youth.
YOU SHOULD NOT MISS THESE HEADLINES FROM NIGERIAN TRIBUNE
We Have Not Had Water Supply In Months ― Abeokuta Residents
In spite of the huge investment in the water sector by the government and international organisations, water scarcity has grown to become a perennial nightmare for residents of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. This report x-rays the lives and experiences of residents in getting clean, potable and affordable water amidst the surge of COVID-19 cases in the state.
and then