Tribune / Nigeria: A one-day meeting between Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and traditional rulers ended in Enugu with a call to strengthen vigilance groups in each local government area of the state, for protection of lives and property in the state.
To this end, the royal fathers urged the state Assembly to enact enabling laws allowing members of the neighbourhood watch to carry arms.
The meeting, which was held at the old Government Lodge, Government Reservation Area (GRA), on Monday, had all the monarchs and caretaker committee chairmen, as well as town union leaders from the 17 local government areas in attendance.
All the speakers at the meeting condemned in strong terms the mayhem unleashed by the Fulani herdsmen on the people of Ukpabi-Nimbo community in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of the state.
Governor Ugwuanyi, however, told the traditional rulers that the meeting was to proffer solutions to the security challenges facing the state.
“I have called you today not just to brief you on what has happened so far, but to discuss in-depth with you on what we must all do to prevent the occurrence of such incidents in the future.
“So long as we are Nigerians, we cannot live in isolation but those who come to Enugu must respect out values and not engage in such dastardly act as we have witnessed recently,” he stated.
He also told the monarchs that constituted a judicial commission of inquiry to investigate the immediate and remote causes of all the violent occurrences in the state associated with suspected Fulani herdsmen, and to recommend appropriate measures that would prevent future occurrence.
