Following the expiration of a 21 days ultimatum issued by the Igbo National Council (INC) to Almajirai and Miyetti Allah to leave southeast, the Igbo group yesterday made bold it’s a threat by launching a vigilante outfit known as “Operation Lion walk” to flush out herdsmen in the zone.
Miyetti Allah had threatened to recruit 1000 vigilantee to police
the zone, following the threat, Ndigbo vowed to protect their zone and ordered herdsmen to leave the zone.
In a press statement issued to newsmen in Owerri by National President of INC, Chilos Godsent, he said the setting up of the security outfit has become necessary following the continual rape and killing of people of southeast by the herders.
“You will remember that on Thursday, May 21, 2020, the Igbo National Council worldwide rose from a crucial National Stakeholders meeting where we x-rayed the security situation in Nigeria more especially as it affected the Igbo Nation.
“Consequently, we issued a twenty-one days quit notice to the dreaded Jihadists Killer herdsmen who are criminally occupying our farmlands and forests, plundering them and also raping and killing our women and men of decent blood.
“In deviance to this Quit Notice, the Jihadists Killer Herdsmen has continued to attack communities in Benue, Enugu, Ebonyi, Anambra, and the Imo States respectively. On Friday, June 12, a group of Jihadist’s killer herdsmen who were still hiding in some forests in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State attacked and brutally killed two men in cold blood at Mbano Autonomous Community and in Agwa, Oguta LGA of Imo State and ran away”.
Godsent further emphasised that INC viewed the attacks as deliberate and affront on the Igbo Nation and a sign of vulnerability of some communities in the Igbo Nation.
To this end, INC has charged all town unions, traditional rulers and youth organisations in Igbo communities that have not constituted their vigilante groups to immediately do so and quickly commence the combing of their community farmlands and forests “to fish out and flush out remnant’s of these criminal elements who are still hiding in some of our forests waiting for order to attack and attempt to invade Igbo land.”
“We, therefore, must rise up now to take our destinies into our own hands more especially now that it looks like many of the governors of the Igbo National States of the Igbo Nation and our Legislators have compromised the security and welfare of our people in exchange for political patronage.
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“We therefore commend and supports the boldness of Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe of Abia South and the Executive Chairman of the Oshimili North Local Government Area (LGA) of Delta State for rising up in defense of their people in the face of this unprovoked senseless criminal attack of the Igbo Nation by the Jihadist’s killer herdsmen. We stand shoulder to shoulder with you in this liberation struggle.
“Noting that Loins are the kings of the forests, we therefore have resolved to release our brave Lions to take possession of their kingdoms and flush out every criminal element they may find in their kingdoms who has preferred to live in the forests rather than living in human houses.
“Cognisance of our Rights to Self-determination, this 15th day of June 2020, the Igbo National Council worldwide hereby Launches “Operation Lion Walk” throughout the territories of the Igbo Nation.
“This operation is aimed at fishing out and flushing out every criminal element who are criminally hiding in, or occupying our farmlands and forests using same as hideouts to commit sacrilege against the Igbo Nation”, he concluded.
