Ebonyi Governor says desperate politicians are aligning with bandits to destabilise the South-East

Ebonyi State Governor and Chairman of the South-East Governors Forum, Dave Umahi has raised the alarm over some desperate politicians aligning with bandits to destabilise the South-East. 

Umayi spoke in a virtual meeting on Tuesday that hosted the five states governors (Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo) of the region in attendance. 

He said, “The governors are so worried about the killings and kidnappings that are going on by our people in the southeast, killing our own people and the security agencies.”

“The situation is being heightened by the activities of very desperate politicians, this time irrespective of party affiliations.

“There are so many desperate politicians in all the political parties that are so desperate for power and they have aligned with some bandits in the southeast to destabilise the nation.”

Still speaking at the meeting, Umayi explained a viral video that falsely alleged that some northerners were being evicted from Ebonyi State. He lamented that such an allegation had the potential to spark intertribal killings in different states. 

“The Fulani settlement that decided to move to Taraba State and retained some of the family members in Ebonyi State and of course, the man is still here,” he said. 

“Politicians as we have intelligence gathering went to put a voice and said it is the Igbos that are chasing away the herdsmen from Ebonyi State.

“Such a video went very wide and was causing panic in other parts of the country. That was very much uncalled for because we also have over 11 million of our people living in the north.

“We have so many of our people living in south-south and south-west. When people do this, they think they are doing it to pull down a particular governor, not knowing that they are doing it to start killings against our people.”