I WILL DECLARE WAR AGAINST FULANI HERDSMEN -ARCH BISHOP CHUKWUMA.

ARCH-BISHOP of Enugu Anglican Ecclesiastical Province, Right Reverend (Dr) Emmanuel Chukwuma, has condemned, in its entirety, the invasion of Fulani herdsmen on Ukpabi-Nimbo community, in Enugu State, warning that churches in Igboland are set to mobilise members of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Movement for Actualissation for Sovereign State of Biara (MASSOB) and other Biafra agitators against the Fulani herdsmen in Igboland.
Addressing a press conference in Enugu, on Tuesday, Bishop Chukwuma said another civil war might break out due to activities of the Fulani herdsmen, stressing that Ndigbo would no longer condone the blood-thirsty Fulani herdsmen who, he noted, had continued to harass, maim, kill, rape women and destroy farmland in communities in Igboland without reprisal.
Archbishop Chukwuma, who is also the chairman of the South-East Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), wondered why Federal Government and South-East governors had remained silence in the face of provocation, adding that it was high time the Igbo governors rose to the security challenge.
“Why has there been no arrest up till now? We call on the Federal Government to declare state of emergency in Igboland over the Fulani herdsmen threat to security in the zone or else we will declare war against the Fulani herdsmen.
“...We will mobilise IPOB, MASSOB and other Biafra agitators against the Fulani herdsmen in the zone. I feel bitter, I feel aggrieved. I feel sad that government at the centre and our governors cannot protect us. Failure to curb the activities of Fulani herdsmen will make us to ban the Fulani herdsmen from rearing their cattle in the zone.
“Any attempt to harass any Igbo youth, or any community in Igboland will not be taken lightly. We will not tolerate it in Igboland.
“We are declaring war against the Fulani herdsmen. We are calling on Northern elders to caution their people (Fulani herdsmen). Government should speak out against this Fulani menace,” the cleric added.
He said the failure of the South-East governors to rise to the challenge, the zone would pass a vote of no confidence in them.
“Where did the Fulani herdsmen get the AK-47 rifles? We will bring our own ‘Ogbunigwe’ out to defend our rights. We will match force with force.
“Another civil war is looming because of the notorious activities of Fulani herdsmen. Ndigbo cannot keep quiet any longer. That we were defeated in the last civil war does not meant we will remain slaves forever even in our land. We will defend our land with our blood and anything including ‘Ogbunigwe’ the mass destruction weapon,” he said.