Worried that there could be coordinated attempts by sinister forces from outside of the South East of Nigeria to destabilise the stability and security of the region, a call has gone to the governors, political, religious and civil rights leaders of the region to convoke immediate security summit to work out strategies to nip the grave security threats in the bud.

HURIWA believes that “the series of attacks targeting security personnel in the South East are no coincidences but are a product of a well-crafted, thought-out, extensive plots by haters of the region to create anarchy, chaos and doom.”

The rights group said the people of the South East must not take for granted any attempts by enemies of the progress of Igbo land to create disorder and instability.

“We are much more than convinced beyond the shadows of the doubt that certain forces both centripetal and centrifugal dimensions have hatched sinister plots to destroy the security and stability of the South East and to make the region to become very ungovernable to such an extent that security forces might be deployed on a possible counter terror operations.”

The right group has also asked the regional leaders of the South East to dig deep into the sources of the spikes in the attacks targeted at central government’s security institutions like the police, military out-posts and correctional centers since the last couple of months.

HURIWA reminded the leaders of the South East of several coded threats made in the past by some persons masquerading as Miyetti Allah Cattle Owners Association to cause security nightmares in the largely Igbo speaking region following the popular rejection of open grazing of cattle by millions of the residents of the South East which compelled some of the legislative houses in the region to pass legislative bills banning open grazing which is still been stridently opposed to by officials of Miyetti Allah.”

The right group also proposed that should the South East governors continue to undermine the security interest of the region, then Igbo all over the world should pull their resources together to inaugurate a body made up of trained private investigators recognized under the 2020 Police Act to unravel those behind the recent spate of attacks of public institutions.

The right group stated that the Miyetti Allah had in 2019 announced that it was setting up armed vigilante in the South East but the people kicked against the unpopular and toxic plot which many viewed as sinister and destructive. “There is the imperative need to ascertain if these attacks are forms if sabotage by that Miyett Allah unhappy that the South East of Nigeria has collectively rejected open grazing of cows,” HURIWA said.

HURIWA stated that specifically on June 19, 2019, MACBAN called for establishment of Fulani Youth Vigilante body in communities of the South East to complement its host community counterparts and other constituted security apparatus in the zone.

The right group said that with the increasing security incidents in the South East, there is the urgent need for leaders of the region to initiate transparent probe into this emerging scenario which is calculated to destabilise the Igbo speaking states and set it up for occupation by security forces.

It then asked Igbo leaders of thought who are scattered around the world to rally round and proffer a practicable solution to the emerging security challenges threatening to destabilise the Igbo speaking geopolitical area of Nigeria.

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