Anger over Umahi’s home raid .
There is anger in the Southeast following Monday’s raid on the Abuja residence of Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi.
The raid was allegedly carried out by unidentified security operatives while the police denied knowledge of the invasion. The raid comes few days after Governor Umahi and his colleagues from the zone banned herdsmen from moving around with arms.Rising from an emergency zonal executive committee meeting, the Peoples Democratic Party condemned the raid, saying it was backing the Southeast Governors’ Forum on its resolutions.A statement by the PDP Zonal Publicity Secretary, Pope Chijioke Ekwegh, said the party viewed the raid as a direct attack on the people of the.
The Nzuko Umunna, a socio-cultural group condemned the invasion, describing it as a cowardly act. A statement by it Coordinator, Joe Odumuko and Secretary Obinna Mbanefo reads: “This cowardly act is coming barely 24 hours after the Southeast Governors Forum banned herders who move around with AK-47 rifles and machetes, and directed security agencies to enforce the order.
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