Ohanaeze Ndigbo has tasked the Eastern Security Network (ESN) and the Ebubeagu Security Network to unite and fight the rampaging killer herdsmen in Igbo land.
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has warned that anyone joining Ebubeagu to spy on ESN should be prepared to meet his ancestors.
Urging the two security groups to work together to secure Igbo land, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, in a statement by its Secretary General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, said it welcomes all security arrangements that will help Ndigbo to curb the nefarious activities of the killer Fulani herdsmen in the South East zone.
According to Ohanaeze Ndigbo, ”We accept both the Ebubeagu “Security Network” (ESN) and Eastern Security Network (ESN) ,as both were craftily designed for the territorial security of South East and should be supported by every Igbo. It’s a blessing in disguise that South East has two security networks against a common enemy, killer herdsmen/terrorists. We are aware of the desperation exhibited by detractors of the Igbo trying to foist crisis, distrust and egocentric tussles between Ipob’s Eastern Security Network and Southeast Governors’ Ebubeagu Security Network for their inordinate activities to create political tensions and panic in the South East.
“sOhanaeze Ndigbo congratulate both the Southeast Governors and IPOB on the efforts to forestall further killings and violence in the South East, but will tirelessly enforce understandings and harmony between all stakeholders in the Southeast by deepening Igbo consciousness and alertness on the need for peaceful coexistence between “ESN and Ebubeagu” in defending territorial integrity of South East.
“Security is local; every Igbo should understand the perilous situation Ndigbo are in for. Ndigbo will stop any rivalry between ESN and Ebubeagu Security Networks, we will unite them as sister organizations aimed towards solving insecurity Challenges in South East. Igbo should support both groups and there should be synergies with all security formations in the Southeast to end banditry.”
