Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has declared that there is no going back on the decision of the southern governors to ban open grazing in their region.
This is as the Governor noted that anyone who is opposed to the decision is free to die.
Wike made the submission on Saturday in Bori, Khana Local Government Area of the state during a grand reception put together for him by the Ogoni people.
He submitted that enough is enough of the killing of innocent citizens by criminal herdsmen who have turned other ethnic groups into second citizens in their own country.
He said: “If anyone wants to die, let him go and die and hang himself on an electric pole. We (Southern Governors) have taken a decision and there is no going back. Enough is enough.”
Naija News recalls the Southern Governors Forum at the end of its meeting held in Delta State on Tuesday, 11th May, 2021, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently address the security situation in the country and speak directly to Nigerians.
The Governors while announcing a ban on open grazing in their region, also noted that the activities of armed herdsmen in the southern part of the country is a serious security challenge that needs urgent attention as innocent citizens are being killed and their properties destroyed.
They also called on the Buhari administration to take bold steps on the issue of restructuring while declaring their support for state police.
These decisions were part of the 12-point communique issued and read by the chairman of the forum, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State at the end of its four hours meeting held in Asaba, the Delta state capital.
Speaking on Saturday against the background of the outcome of the meeting, Wike declared that the decisions reached by the Governors will be enforced.
He warned that any attempt to militarization Rivers State by the federal government for political reasons will not work but urged the people of the state to respect the curfew imposed as a result of the insecurity in some areas of the state.
“Nobody should play God. We will flog them again. Militarization of election will not work. Didn’t they bring Army before? Did it work? We will flog them again,” he said.
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