According to ThisDay, Ebonyi state governor, Engr. David
Umahi, has ordered the eviction herdsmen who settled in
the premises of the state university. Umahi ordered the
State Commissioner of Police, CP Peace Ibekwe Abdallah to
carry out the order.
The governor, who gave the order in Abakaliki during the
agriculture summit organized by the state government to
boost rice production in the state, noted that the university
environment was no place for nomadic herdsmen.
He, however, opposed the calls for reprisal attacks on
Fulani herdsmen in the south-east zone for the brutal killing
of over thirty persons in Ukpabi Nimbo, Uzouwani Local
government in Enugu state by the herdsmen.
He insisted that though he was the first South East governor
to publicly condemn the dastardly act, the Hausa Fulani
community in the state has a long history of peaceful
settlement and have not been implicated in any criminal
activity.
Umahi, has ordered the eviction herdsmen who settled in
the premises of the state university. Umahi ordered the
State Commissioner of Police, CP Peace Ibekwe Abdallah to
carry out the order.
The governor, who gave the order in Abakaliki during the
agriculture summit organized by the state government to
boost rice production in the state, noted that the university
environment was no place for nomadic herdsmen.
He, however, opposed the calls for reprisal attacks on
Fulani herdsmen in the south-east zone for the brutal killing
of over thirty persons in Ukpabi Nimbo, Uzouwani Local
government in Enugu state by the herdsmen.
He insisted that though he was the first South East governor
to publicly condemn the dastardly act, the Hausa Fulani
community in the state has a long history of peaceful
settlement and have not been implicated in any criminal
activity.
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