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A human rights organisation, the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), has raised the alarm that 950 locations, especially forests, across the South-East communities are under the occupation of bandits and destructive herdsmen.

According to Intersociety, the criminals operate from these locations to kidnap, kill and maim people.

The group claimed that its research and investigation indicate that 950 locations are spread in over 800 communities in the region, saying that about 40 per cent of the entire 1,940 communities in the zone are gravely under bandits and herdsmen threats.

The Chairman of Intersociety, Emeka Umeagbalasi, who released the report, blamed the South-East governors for not properly policing their states, accusing them of aiding the herdsmen to acquire land.

“By our research and investigative, the region is currently dotted with 1,940 Igbo communities, involving Abia State 771, Imo 700, Enugu 190, Anambra State 183 and Ebonyi State 96, all compressed in 29,525 square kilometres of landmass, approximately three times lower than the landmass of Niger State, a North Central zone, which has a land mass of 76,363 square kilometres.

“Some of them came to occupy the areas through the involvement and conspiracy of community leaders and state governments that issued them with a certificate of occupancy with the alleged promises of ‘electoral victory and post-election court victory’.

“It is also our finding that all the governors in the zone are involved in the conspiracy, aiding them to have access to the land.

“This is widely believed to be the reason they don’t speak out or rise in strong condemnation of the genocidal jihadist activities of the Fulani herdsmen and others in the region.

“They have also bluntly refused and failed to act or act as Chief Security Officers of their respective states.

“It is not as if the South-East governors are not aware of the inherent grave dangers in leasing and mortgaging the territory to them; they are fully aware and also not blind to the goings-on in places like Benue, Plateau, Southern Kaduna, and other areas.”

https://guardian.ng/news/over-950-s-east-locations-occupied-by-bandits-herdsmen-kidnappers/

Maybe they meant south east of Oyo state.

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Alarmists.. have they raised alarm over the truckload of ammunitions recovered from some Igbo men yesterday.

Just like Buhari this government has not shown reasonable commitment to crush criminals and stop crimes.

Villages are being wiped out and thousands of Nigeria are kidnapped on daily basis.

The Army helps the fulanis

How did they come to know that?,they should give the locations to operatives or it is their usual chochocho things

Very sad indeed.

We should not be talking of only the SE. The entire SS is in a mess. Delta state has been completely overrun by these evil fellows. Edo state is in shambles. Let’s not talk about Bayelsa and Rivers state. It is indeed a shame.

Infact the entire Southern Nigeria has become like a war zone. The rate at which herdsmen invade the South and forests is very alarming.

Lolzzzzz which South East?

They are everywhere

No part of Nigeria is occupied, possibly fake news or away of discrediting our functioning government.

SusanOpeyemi:
Maybe they meant south east of Oyo state.

And Singapore is only half the size of the smallest state in Nigeria, Lagos State, but Singapore has a bigger GDP than the entire Nigeria. The Singaporean port is the most powerful in the world

I dont know why you people believe it is size of land that matters. Go check the size of Japan, it's the third richest country on earth

The rate at which Fulani herdsmen kidnap people in South East now will leave you imagining what is really happening.

Nnamdi Kanu is the only leader we trust. They got him arrested just to have their way. So unfortunate

Zeebuy:
Lolzzzzz which South East?

South east of Oyo state.

In 10 years, those herdsmen would be legally recognised as indigenous people of those areas in the East.

As stvoopeed as it sounds, that's what Ben Kalu is proposing in the National Assembly.

Zeebuy:
Lolzzzzz which South East?

Go inside the bush and ask.

gidgiddy:


And Singapore is only half the size of the smallest state in Nigeria, Lagos State, but Singapore has a bigger GDP than the entire Nigeria. The Singaporean port is the most powerful in the world

I dont know why you people believe it is size of land that matters. Go check the size of Japan, it's the third richest country on earth

Exactly bro

Imagine losing your own land to terrorist while claiming another man's land is your no man's land.

Anything that belongs to Nigeria will eventually be overrun by bandits, the country has no capacity to give anyone peace

Lanretoye:
How did they come to know that?,they should give the locations to operatives or it is their usual chochocho things

But the operatives know all the hideouts of IPOB and ESN, who is deceiving who?

Back to the topic:

You now see why the Nigerian government is after MNK and IPOB but not after Fulani herdsmen

What a country?

yet the yeasterners rejoice when the west comes up with news of kidnappings.

case of your eyes. we don't need all these unpalatable invents anywhere near in the country.

Brendaniel:


But your brothers are the ones in power controlling almost all the security agencies and presidency, what is you people's excuse?

Power that you guys can't even use to help yourselves not to talk of others...

And you are not even ashamed to come here and be talking....

are you one of the tribal bigots on nairaland? for the records, I did vote that man into office neither will he get my vote anytime.

the manner at which you swope at my post is funny, I'm not here to take swipe at anyone or tribe but just to say we all are facing this menace and we can only collectively fight it head long.

The idiotic governors and community leaders who selfishly help these violent vagabonds acquire land make me laugh.

They think they can escape once it starts?


The rest of Nigeria will one day rise against the Fulani.
I hope nobody will cry genocide and civilian women and children rubbish by then.

Some threads coming out here is not what one will just comment with open heart , because some of them are meant for Political reasons...

Why saying the landmass of the entire South East is one third of the entire landmass of Niger State in a thread that talks about insecurity in Nigeria or are you talking about the geographical dispensation of zones in Nigeria?

O.P, there is nowhere insecurity does not abound in Nigeria...
Let all regions go back to their states and fight what was brought by two people, one that helped one and one that is on top now in 2015 against Nigerians ....

SEGLIZ:
yet the yeasterners rejoice when the west comes up with new of kidnappings.

case of your eyes. we don't need all these unpalatable invents anywhere near in the country.

But your brothers are the ones in power controlling almost all the security agencies and presidency, what is you people's excuse?

Power that you guys can't even use to help yourselves not to talk of others...

And you are not even ashamed to come here and be talking....

Let the DSS do their findings to ascertain how true this report is.

What a lie.

I hope those who have septic tanks in their homes are included in the statistics.

Apostle must hear this

Omo

South East has fallen.

Reminds me of the movie

London has fallen.

k777:
Imagine losing your own land to terrorist while claiming another man's land is your no man's land.

It was your kikes that praised and sang songs of war during Buhari's tenure when he sent Python dance against them that were fighting those terrorists.....

Meanwhile I thought those people are terrorists? What happened again

Guess the need to label them terrorists is no more needed now, so next propaganda applies...