The Igbo Heroes Foundation, led nationally by Hon. Prince Chinedu Nsofor(Kpakpando Ndigbo), has expressed profound grief and deep sorrow over the current bloodbath that claimed the lives of over 200 harmless Benue indigenes in Yelewata, Guma Native Authorities Space. “We’re shocked and heartbroken to listen to that over 200 fellow Nigerians have been massacred by legal Fulani herdsmen,” declared Hon. Nsofor. “We prolong our heartfelt condolences to the bereaved households, in addition to to the federal government and other people of Benue State.”
“As we mourn this atrocious act, we acknowledge that the insecurity plaguing Benue is merely the newest manifestation of a broader nationwide disaster,” continued Hon. Nsofor. “These legal herdsmen are finishing up murderous operations within the Southeast too—current assaults in Enugu, together with the ambush in Agu-Amed autonomous neighborhood that killed seven and left others lacking, illustrate how pervasive and ruthless this risk has develop into.”
Hon. Nsofor characterised the disaster as a systemic failure of Nigeria’s constitutional construction: “The basis of this insecurity is Nigeria’s damaged safety structure. Governors lack the facility to ascertain efficient policing of their states. How can a Chief Safety Officer be hamstrung by regulation?”
Echoing the Foundation’s longstanding advocacy, he added: “Because of this the Igbo Heroes Foundation, grounded within the imaginative and prescient of our founding chief Chief Dr. Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has all the time championed restructuring. We should empower states to handle their very own safety. Restructure Nigeria, and governors can institute fashionable, well-equipped state police—prepared to guard each area.” Governors ought to be empowered to deploy AK-47-equipped safety models if needed to protect farmlands and forestall additional massacres,” he pressured,
Hon. Nsofor applauded the federal authorities’s current help for Gombe State to ascertain a 184-hectare Agro-Livestock Industrial Zone as a mannequin for efficient, state-level intervention in animal husbandry and urged that or not it’s carried out throughout all Northern states in Nigeria. Highlighting the initiative’s give attention to agricultural modernization, livestock administration, youth empowerment, and climate-adaptive methods, he known as for its enlargement, particularly in Northern areas with the inclusion of recent cattle ranching infrastructure to curb nomadic cattle rearing that usually result in farmland destruction and violent clashes. Nsofor advocates that fashionable ranching programs are a part of a broader nationwide peace and growth technique for Nigeria.
In closing, Hon. Nsofor said: “We mourn the Benue victims, but when all we do is ship prayers and condolences, we threat repeating this tragedy. Restructuring is just not solely needed—it’s the most viable means to safe each area, to rotate energy responsibly, and to construct a united, safer Nigeria.”
