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From Stanley Uzoaru, Owerri,
Irked by the abduction of four Catholic reverend sisters on Sunday by gunmen, Igbo youths, under the aegis of the Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL), have urged youths to guard their forests and protect their indigenes against attacks by the Fulani herdsmen.
A statement by the President General of the group, Goodluck Ibem, alleged that the abduction of the reverend sisters was perpetuated by the herders.
Ibem, while recalling other abduction of the clerics in the zone, described the incident as sacrilegious and berated President Muhammadu Buhari for its persistence.
Recalling other incidents, he said: “Few months ago, in Edo State, some Fulani terrorists kidnapped a Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr Christopher Odia, and killed him in the process. The Prelate of the Methodist Church, His Eminence, Rev. Samuel Kanu Uche, was kidnapped along the same Okigwe – Enugu Expressway, and N100 million was paid as ransom to secure his freedom. To avert what happened at the community, the youths advised, thus: “We call on Umulolo Community and all communities along the Okigwe – Enugu expressway to mobilise their youths to guard their forests from invaders who pretend to be herdsmen, when they are not.
The youths should resist any form of cattle grazing in their communities.
“We, therefore, call on well meaning Nigerians to wake up and defend the country from these Fulani terrorists and Jihadists, who have invaded our nation to destroy it.
