Ohaneze Ndigbo, the Pan Igbo apex group has warned that Nigeria may
descend into anarchy with the continuous killings and kidnappings by
Fulani Herdsmen in the country.
In a statement condemning the spate of killings and the recent killing
of Mrs. Funke Olakunrin, daughter of Chief Fasoranti, signed by Chief
Nnia Nwodo, President General, Ohaneze Ndigbo, Ohaneze Ndigbo noted that
the inability of the security operatives to disarm and prosecute the
Fulani terrorist group, emboldens the perpetrators.
The statement reads:
News reached Ohanaeze Ndigbo yesterday of the heartless murder of the
daughter of Pa Reuben Fasoranti, Mrs. Funke Olakunrin, on her way from
Ekiti to Lagos by supected Fulani herdsmen. We offer Chief Fasoranti and
the entire Yoruba the heartfelt sympathies of Ndigbo.
The continuous rampaging, plunder, rape, kidnapping and murder of
innocent Nigerians by armed Fulani herdsmen has climbed to a most
worrisome crescendo. The inability of our Security Forces to disarm and
prosecute these criminals gives credibility to a growing story of
collusion.
Recently, the British High Commission in an advisory to British citizens
in Nigeria declared twenty-four of our states unsafe. In the midst of
these killings, their parent organization has the effrontery to give
ultimatums to the President of Nigeria to rescind his unpopular
suspension, instead of cancellation of his RUGA development policy. Such
inciting, provocative and treasonable outbursts have only been greeted
by an advice that they should respect the Presidency and an unrelenting
resolve to force Nigerians to accommodate such murderers in their homes
under a policy that violates our constitution and all laws and court
judgments relating to land use administration.
Ohanaeze Ndigbo warns that this latest murder is capable of throwing our
country into uncontrollable break down of law and order. The hasty
conclusion by the Federal Government that she was killed by armed
robbers and not the suspected herdsmen who are known to have laid siege
on all parts of the country perpetrating acts of banditry and killings
further exacerbates the already tense situation.
We call on eminent leaders of this nation in spite of their political
persuasions to come together in an urgent National Security Conference
to discuss measures that will arrest the extant drift to lawlessness.
Chief Nnia Nwodo
President General Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide.