We need a new law

Enugu State House of Assembly, yesterday, at its plenary asked President Muhammadu Buhari to redeploy all the security chiefs in the state.
The House said that what transpired at Nimbo community should be conveyed to all the international human right
organisations.

In addition, the House urged Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi to liaise with the National Emergency Mangement Agency, NEMA, to ensure that the displaced people of Nimbo are taken care of.

Contributing to the motion brought by the member representing Uzo-Uwani at the House, Hon. John-Kevin Ukuta, on the menace of Fulani herdsmen, Speaker of the House, Hon. Edward Ubosi, urged the people of Enugu State not to live in fear or to take laws into their hands as government was doing everything possible to protect their lives and property.
He said: “You all spoke from the bottom of your heart because human lives were involved. However, I urge the people of the state not to live in fear or take laws into their hands.”

Also, other members condemned what they described as the “dastardly” acts of the security men who abandoned their duty posts for the Fulani herdsmen to hold sway.
1. K. E. Ude-Okoye, representing Awgu North, said if nothing was done, the entire Igbo nation would be in trouble as, according to him, the attack was a calculated attempt to whittle down the population of the Igbo race.

He said: “We, the Igbo people are in trouble. Majority of us have been affected. They want to reduce the population of Igbo. They want to continue the Civil War, which ended in 1970.
“Where shall we run to? Have we done any evil? Tell us and we will apologise. Are we not part of Nigeria? Is the life of a cow worth more than that of human being?”

Ude-Okoye suggested that the House should urge the government to adopt the security measure employed by Anambra, Delta and Bayelsa states in curtailing the herdsmen menace.

‘We need a law’
In his contribution, Hon. Chinedu Nwamba of Nsukka East suggested that the way out of the logjam was to enact a law curtailing the movement of the herdsmen in the state.
Nwamba was of the view that if nothing drastic was done, the ugly incident might recur.
He said: “This is a heinous act. It is man's inhumanity to man. My heart is bleeding. If drastic action is not taken, something more drastic might happen.