The Ndigbo Unity Forum (NUF), has condemned the killings of security operatives in the South East particularly in Anambra State,Imo and other parts of the South East.
The forum in a statement by the its president Dede Uzor A Uzor in which it described the killings of security personnel in the State as “attrocious and despicable” lamented that the victims were mostly Ndigbo.
We want FG to compasate all those IPOB and MASSOB Igbo Youths killed since the year 2000 till date with N10 million each and this will curtail the ongoing attacks against security officers in the South East.
If Fulani herdsmen could be compasated then why not these Igbo youths?
NUF said: “wasting of innocent blood negate Igbo tradition and infringes on the fundamental rights of the victims”
But the group said the killing was not enough reason for the military to set up road blocks that cause traffic gridlock especially at Owerri Road, Uga Junction, Iyiowa Odekpe among other places in Anambra State.
They decried the alleged shut down of a Federal Highway, Owerri Road in Anambra State where owners of about 30 traders shops were asked to vacate, lamenting that many have lost lots of money in the process amounting to several millions of naira.
NUF called on the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), whose men were inolved in this man’s inhumanity to man’s incident to immediately remove and dismantle the road blocks.
The Forum said they should rather provide scientific and technological ways of security, instead of the current analogue system of protecting themselves with road blocks.
They said CCTV should be provided to capture the activities going on around where they are now providing security as well as provide data base and intelligence and discreet investigations for the entire country.
NUF also called on CNS to direct his officers and men to allow traders whose shops were shut down to reopen them so that they can feed their families.
The group equally called for the immediate engagement of the youths to keep these hoodlums busy economically, arguing that since the Federal Government is engaging bandits, they should also extend it hand of fellowship to gunmen in the South East and South.
The said gunmen are humans which can be approached. There’s anger in the land and the only solution is to engagement and diplomatic approach not use of force as has witnessed by the Federal Government,NUF advised.
