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Chidiebube Okeoma and Raphael Ede
Published 1:11 am
Published 1:11 am
The South-East governors on Sunday said they would set up a joint security vigilante, Ebube Agu, for the zone.
The governors stated this in a communiqué issued after the first South-East security summit they held with all the heads of security agencies in Owerri, the Imo State capital.
The communiqué read by the Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, stated, “ The meeting resolved to maintain a joint security vigilante for the South- East otherwise known as Ebubeagu. The meeting appreciated the formation of South-East joint security outfit code- named Ebubeagu with headquarters in Enugu to coordinate our vigilantes in the South-East.”
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By Peter Okutu
BARELY 24 hours after the South East Governors Forum formed its own Regional Security outfit for the region, no fewer than four persons have been confirmed dead following an attack allegedly carried out by some assailants in Ngbo, in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the State.
While the State Government gave the identities of the perpetrators to be indigenes of Agila Community in Benue State, Villagers in Ngbo Community who spoke to newmen described them as Fulani herdsmen.
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