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Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State (right) looks on as his counterpart from Anambra State, Dr. Willy Obiano shakes hands with Enugu State chairman of Traditional Rulers Council, Igwe Lawrence Agubuzu when Obiano paid a solidarity visit to Governor Ugwuanyi over the suspected Fulani herdsmen menace at Nimbo, Uzouwani LGC of the state, at Government House, Enugu.

Enugu attack: South East monarchs, Anambra Governor in solidarity visit to Ugwuqanyi *Trado Rulers want Fulani herdsmen disarmed

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State (right) looks on as his counterpart from Anambra State, Dr. Willy Obiano shakes hands with Enugu State chairman of Traditional Rulers Council, Igwe Lawrence Agubuzu when Obiano paid a solidarity visit to Governor Ugwuanyi over the suspected Fulani herdsmen menace at Nimbo, Uzouwani LGC of the state, at Government House, Enugu.
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State (right) looks on as his counterpart from Anambra State, Dr. Willy Obiano shakes hands with Enugu State chairman of Traditional Rulers Council, Igwe Lawrence Agubuzu when Obiano paid a solidarity visit to Governor Ugwuanyi over the suspected Fulani herdsmen menace at Nimbo, Uzouwani LGC of the state, at Government House, Enugu.
Enugu State Governor, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi,(middle) flanked by members of South-East Traditional Rulers Council when their chairman, HRH, Eze Eberechi Dick led them on a solidarity visit to the governor over the suspected Fulani herdsmen attack on Nimbo community in Government House,
Enugu State Governor, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi,(middle) flanked by members of South-East Traditional Rulers Council when their chairman, HRH, Eze Eberechi Dick led them on a solidarity visit to the governor over the suspected Fulani herdsmen attack on Nimbo community in Government House,

Traditional rulers in the south east zone of the country who stormed Enugu in solidarity with Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi have called on the federal government to take immediate steps to disarm rampaging Fulani herdsmen.

Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra state also came calling along with an entourage made up of the leadership of the traditional rulers’ council of his state and some members of the state executive council also to show solidarity with the Enugu governor over the killings at Nimbo by Fulani herdsmen, saying his government and the people of Anambra state were solidly behind the government and people of their sister state in this crisis.

Both groups of visitors on solidarity visits commended Governor Ugwuanyi for the caliber of leadership he exhibited that worked to stave off further bloody crisis in the wake of the Nimbo attack.

One of the leaders of the South East traditional rulers council and Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Achebe, who was also on the entourage of Governor Obiano, told the two governors that it was the view of the monarchs that the people of the geopolitical zone should gird their loins and not allow this kind of attack to take their people unawares again in the future.

The chairman, South East traditional rulers council, His Royal Majesty Eze Dr. Eberechi N. Dick who led the monarchs to government house, Enugu urged the government to take the call for disarmament serious in view of the danger herdsmen’s menace poses to the sovereignty of the country.

They declared that Governor Ugwuanyi showed effective leadership in handling the recent attack on the people of Ukpabi Nimbo in Uzo Uwani local government area by suspected Fulani herdsmen.

The natural rulers thanked the governor ‘for the able way and manner you handled the matter without people taking the law into their hands” and wished the injured ones speedy recovery.

Addressing the traditional rulers, governor Ugwuanyi said their visit ‘is really very comforting and reassuring and it goes to confirm our sense of brotherhood and the common grief that we share as a people”.

Governor Ugwuanyi also expressed immense gratitude to his Anambra state counterpart for standing by him from the moment the attack broke, informing that Obiano called him as soon as the incident occurred and that his presence with a big entourage “goes to show the very special bond that exists between the people of Enugu and Anambra states and the love and empathy they share among themselves.

On their call for disarming of the armed herdsmen, they stated that “the government should as a matter of urgency take proactive measures to avoid such incidents in the future by disarming armed herdsmen. Herdsmen should not be allowed to carry arms apart from their traditional bows and arrows”.

They posited that in the case of alleged coming of the grazing bill, the government should not dabble into it since cattle rearing is a private business and that going into it would mean favouring one section of the country.

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