Gov Umahi Invites South East Leaders For Emergency Meeting Over Insecurity

The South East Governors forum has invited all Igbo leaders to an emergency meeting in Enugu on Tuesday, October 5, 2021, over the rising insecurity in Igboland.

The geopolitical zone, once known as the most peaceful region in Nigeria, has been challenged by rising insecurity due to the activities of the Indigeneous People of biafra (IPOB).

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According to a memo by the Governor of Ebonyi State and chairman of Southeast Governors Forum, David Umahi, the meeting is expected to take some far- reaching decisions to “salvage our region that is presently battling with high rate of insecurity.”

The meeting, he added, would be attended by Governors of the five States of the zone, Ohanaeze leaders and heads of religious and traditional institutions.

The emergency meeting followed the renewed insecurity situation in the region in the past few weeks

Umahi pleaded with his fellow governors to endeavour to be present and not send representatives.

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“Our leaders begged that I request all governors of Southeast to please be present at the time and not on representative capacity so that together we should reach some decisions to salvage our region that is presently battling with high rate of insecurity.

“May I therefore request that you please endeavour to attend this meeting for the sake of Ndigbo.

“Your Excellencies and our highly esteemed leaders, in consultation with our Governors and President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, where a decision for an urgent meeting to be called was reached, may I therefore invite you for an emergency meeting of Southeast Governors, some leaders of Ohaneze, some of our political leaders, some of our religious leaders and some of our traditional leaders”.

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