Rights Group Flays SE Governors For Destructive Fulani Herdsmen Influx

By Goodness Ndukuba, Awka on June 3, 2025

Rights group, the international Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), has blamed the South East governors for allowing destructive Fulani herdsmen influx on the farmlands in the region.

Intersociety made the call in the statement signed by its Head, Emeka Umeagbalasi; Head, Democracy and Good Governance, Chinwe Umeche and Head, Religious Freedom and Human Rights, Chidinma Evangeline Udegbunam.

It stated that since 2008 not less than 950 locations in 770-800 Igbo communities are under Fulani herdsmen occupation with threat of attacks.

The group noted in the recent detailed research and investigation released on Tuesday in Awka, that the 950 locations in 770-800 South-East communities also indicates approximately 40% of the entire 1,940 communities in the area are gravely facing danger threats.

It also exposed “three-way direct or vicarious involvement” of the five South-East governors. 

"Their “three-way” involvement in our investigative findings have arisen from conspiratorial

communal land procurement or seizing/ceding and secretive issuance of Certificates-Of-Occupancy to the Fulani’ patrons.

"This is in an alleged “electoral victory and post election court win for the Fulani settlements in Igbo land swap deal”. 

According to the group, South-East governors have not only refused to speak out or rise in strong condemnation of the genocidal activities of the Fulani herdsmen and allied others in Igbo land, but have also bluntly refused and failed to act or take action as Chief Security Officers of their respective states. 

It urged the five Southeast governors to retrace steps and retrieve from this destructive path by discontinuing with facilitation of land occupation settlements for the Fulani herdsmen and issuance of C-Of-O to them.

It urged each of the affected communities to mobilize and clear their forests, bushes and farm settlements and also not shift their security and safety attention to gun culture alone and apply other agro-trado-lawful mechanisms. 

It also said that the  South-East

governors were also found not to be alone in such conspiracy of silence, complicity and inaction as top leaders of Christian Faith especially Episcopal and Pastoral heads of the Catholic, the Anglican and the Pentecostal churches.

"There are therefore grave dangers ahead on personal, physical,

territorial, faith and ethnic identity safety and security in the

South-East, bearing in mind the intractable jihadist tragedies befalling the Christian-held Northern Nigeria’s Benue, Plateau and Southern Kaduna," it added.

   

 

Source Daily Sports Nigeria

Posted June 3, 2025


 

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