Archbishop Emmanuel Chukwuma of the Enugu Province of Anglican Communion said that no land will be donated for cattle colony by any southeast governor
The bishop stated that herdsmen activities will be dangerous to farming in the next planting season - He also alleged that the cattle colony proposal is an agenda to make Nigeria an Islamic nation The bishop of the Enugu Ecclesiastical Province of Anglican Communion, Archbishop Emmanuel Chukwuma, has said that herdsmen constitute a dangerous group. He therefore, said that no southeast governor will be allowed to give lands for cattle colony.
In his conversation with newsmen at the Cathedral Church of the Good Shepherd, Enugu, Bishop Chukwuma stated that herdsmen are dangerous and thus, are a threat to farmers in the next farming season, Vanguard reports. Chukwuma remarked: “We cannot have colony for terrorists; people that are dangerous, who have guns and other dangerous equipment for killing and maiming our people and farming will become difficult. Very soon, farming will start, how can you have colony when you have farmers ready to go to farm and are scared because of herdsmen.
"Something needs to be done by the government and security agencies to make everywhere secured and to make everybody join in agriculture which the government is talking about. Cattle colony is another agenda for Islamizing Nigeria. Forget about what they said, once anybody or state has the colony, they will continue to impregnate people and they will begin to expand.
"We don’t want that. I have stayed in the North and have never seen where their cows are being reared all over the place. Cattle rearing is a private business. As far as I am concerned, no governor in South East will accept and should accept any colony for any cattle rearer because they have become dangerous and we don’t know what they might become tomorrow. "They are dangerous and I say, they are worse than IPOB. They should be described as a terrorist group too.” The bishop also referred to the call by Olusegun Obasanjo and Ibrahim Babangida on President Buhari to reject re-election as not being the solution to Nigeria’s challenges. He stated that the real issue is who will take over from the president after his regime.
Meanwhile, It was reported that Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state had maintained his stand against the creation of cattle colony in the state proposed by the federal government.
It was gathered that he said he had no regrets for his decision. Wike also said that he will not apologise to anyone for rejecting cattle colony in the state. He said: "I am a proper Rivers man in all ramifications, therefore I owe no one apology for rejecting cattle colony in Rivers state.”
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