South East Senators call for emergency summit on Fulani Herdsmen massacre issue

Abuja – The South East Senate Caucus on Wednesday called for a summit of South East and also South South State Governors, members of National and State Houses of Assembly, Socio-Cultural group, traditional leaders and also significant stakeholders right away to quickly address the Enugu massacres by the marauding Fulani herdsmen’s,

Rising from an emergency meeting in Abuja,  the Senators condemned the attack, which left over 50 persons dead and scores driven out of their homes.

In a statement by Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, Abia South after the meeting, the emergency summit was put in place to review and evaluate the very scary situation and profer a coordinated response.

According to the caucus, the summit became imperative against the background of the ominous silence and apparent indifference of the presidency over the killings in Enugu, some areas in Delta state and so many other zones in recent time even when there was obvious intelligence reports.