As the killings by the dreaded Boko Haram sect continues in the Northern part of the country, governors of the five South East States have decided to convene a meeting of Igbo leaders in the next seven days and take a stand on the security issue especially as it affects the Igbos.
Many Igbos have been killed as the sect continued to make good its threat after an earlier warning that Southerners and Christians in the North should leave. The South-East governors who have remained silent on the recent killings in the North rose from its meeting in Enugu on Sunday and said it was time for them to take a stand on the matter.
Some Igbo leaders such as Senator Ben Nwabueze, Professor Joe Irukwu, Professor A.B.C Nwosu, Dubem Onyia among others who were in Enugu for the meeting of the National Committee on Ojukwu’s burial took part in the meeting which held for about four hours at the Enugu government House.
Addressing newsmen at the end of the meeting, chairman of the South-East Governors’ Forum, Mr. Peter Obi of Anambra State said that they have decided to call an enlarged meeting of Igbo political leaders to feel their pulse before taking a stand on the security situation in the country, as it affects the people of the zone.
Said he; “today we held a meeting of the South-East governors and deliberated only on one item, the security situation in the country; and how it affects us from this zone and we have decided to call a meeting of the Igbo political leaders to discuss the issue and take a position which will be made known to the public.”
Governor Obi disclosed that the meeting which will hold in Enugu would be convened within the next seven days.
All the governors from the zone namely Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, Peter Obi of Anambra, Martin Elechi, Ebonyi, Dr. T.A Orji, Abia and Sullivan Chime of Enugu were all in attendance in the meeting which the governors said they attach much importance to.
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