Socio-cultural organisation, Ohaneze Ndigbo has warned Nigerians living in the Southeast to defend themselves against the menace of killer Herdsmen in the region.
The group spoke against the backdrop of the killing of a 65 yr old farmer by suspected herdsmen in Imo State.
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Ohaneze Ndigbo lamented that residents in the Southeast have been pushed to the wall as such killings have now become commonplace due to the actions of rouge herdsmen.
In a statement signed by its leaders, the group warned that residents of the region would no longer fold their arms and watch while their kinsmen are slaughtered in their own land.
Excerpts from the statement read;
The rampant killing and raping of defenceless people in their homes and farms have made it imperative for people to take all measures possible to defend themselves from these hoodlums.
“Communities should organise themselves and fight back. It is unfortunate that the Federal Government stripped people of their means of self-defence without providing adequate protection for them or ensuring commensurate disarming in the North, especially among herdsmen.
“The Southeast states should expedite action on measures to give their subjects hope of protection from these marauders.
“People, villages and communities, especially Ndigbo, should rise to defend themselves individually and collectively from such marauding criminals more especially as they are said to be non-Nigerians.
“We just cannot continue to allow foreigners, who do not place any premium on the sanctity of human lives, to come into our homes to kill us like rats. Igbo people should stop the complaints forthwith.
“Guard and defend yourselves from senseless massacres. Cordon off your (track) roads to farms, streams and other places to avoid being taken unawares.