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Disarming South-East Vigilantes order is suspect - Group
Disarming South-East Vigilantes order is suspect - Group
www.odogwublog.com reports that a group of young Igbo intelligentsia drawn from all walks of life and
parts of the world under the aegis of Igbo Patriots says disarming local
vigilantes that were legally established by the laws of the state under
certain security guidelines as enshrined in the nation's constitution,
would mean throwing the people at the mercy of outlaws, arm-wielding
Fulani herdsmen and other criminal gangs without let.
The group made this claim while briefing the press yesterday.
The National chairman of the Igbo Patriots, Evangelist Joseph Agbo
pointed out that there are relevant laws in Nigeria that allow people to
carry certain level of arms, especially those within the security
sector, including the Neighbourhood Watch and State Vigilantes to carry
arms.
He said Igbo
Patriots finds it difficult to believe that the IGP will disarm a well
constituted vigilante groups noting that agencies which have been
working hand in hand with the police, are actually the foot soldiers,
legs, hands and eyes in the policing of our communities.
"There are requisite laws that authorized them to carry arms. It would
be better said that police only want to disarm those who illegally
acquired arms. We hope the IGP has already disarmed all those AK47
automatic rifles in possession of the murderous Fulani herdsmen", the
group stressed.
They disclosed they have taken it upon themselves to tour the whole
states in the South East to sensitize the people about the dangers
associated with the disarming order.
Agbo who is also the chairman of the group's Board of
Trustees(BoT)doubt if the IGP would make a blanket order, but would be
happy to see the herdsmen disarmed.
Anything short of these conditions would be against the relevant laws setting up these vigilantes.
Agbo noted that his group was not just waking up to these life
threatening issues, but has been gradual in going round the geopolitical
zone because their people were under threat.
He pointed at a specific threat "handed down on Oct 11,1960 by the then
Premier of the Northern Region, Sir Ahmadu Bello who told his caucus in
very plain language, 'the new nation called Nigeria should be an estate
of our great grand father Uthman Dan Fodio. We must ruthlessly prevent
any change of power. We use the minority in the north as willing tools
and the south as a conquered territory. We will never allow them to rule
over us. We will never allow them to have control over their future' "
The BoT boss believed that their future is now, but expressed sadness
that forces outside Igboland appear ready to derail them from taking
care of that future. So we are not looking at anybody's body language,
we are looking at our environment, our territory and cosmology. We are
seeing our territory being overrun as people can no longer go to farm
without fear of being killed, raped and assaulted.
And that the Igboman has never depended on foodstuff brought in from
elsewhere to sustain himself, but that he farms to produce enough to
satisfy his needs. So The Igbo Patriots want the people to rise up to
the challenge and resist the chest beating of the invaders and their
numerous insidious ploys.
Disarming South-East Vigilantes order is suspect - Group
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Wednesday, March 07, 2018
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