{"id":43911,"date":"2021-05-20T14:27:23","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T14:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=43911"},"modified":"2021-05-20T14:27:28","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T14:27:28","slug":"south-east-does-not-need-secession-it-wants-fairness-gov-umahi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=43911","title":{"rendered":"South-East does not need secession, it wants fairness \u2014Gov Umahi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Governor-David-Umahi-5-e1514911603896.jpeg\" alt=\"Unprovoked killings can cause civil war, Umahi says as herdsmen attack Ebonyi\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi has stated that the South-East region wants the entrenchment of fairness in the zone, rather than agitations for war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/gov-umahi-directs-native-doctors-to-register-with-govt-police-within-seven-days-over-insecurity\/\">Umahi<\/a>&nbsp;made this call during a media conference on Thursday organised by the Presidential Media Team in the State House, Abuja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn the Southeast, we don\u2019t want war, we don\u2019t want to secede, we want to be a part of a fair Nigeria where justice, equity, and freedom exist,\u201d the governor noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The governor explained the situation in the South-East as a mixture of reality, fake news, and war propaganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Umahi bemoaned the hijack of legitimate agitations by the IPOB and MASSOB by state actors who escalated the unrest in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAre there rightful agitations in the Southeast. Yes. Has it turned violent? Yes. It\u2019s been hijacked\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>According to him, foreign herders have infiltrated the country and are causing mayhem. \u201cAnyone who is against the ban on open grazing is saying the killings in the country should continue\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He insisted that the establishment of security outfit, Ebube Agu which has been passed into law in Ebonyi state is empowered to arrest anyone found culpable of steering chaos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi has stated that the South-East region wants the entrenchment of fairness in the zone, rather than agitations for war. Umahi&nbsp;made this call during a media conference on Thursday organised by the Presidential Media Team in the State House, Abuja. \u201cIn the Southeast, we don\u2019t want war, we don\u2019t want [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>South-East does not need secession, it wants fairness \u2014Gov Umahi &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=43911\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Odofin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=43911#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Politics\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=10\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"South-East does not need secession, it wants fairness \u2014Gov Umahi\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"South-East does not need secession, it wants fairness \u2014Gov Umahi &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=43911","author":"Odofin","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=43911#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Politics","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=10"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"South-East does not need secession, it wants fairness \u2014Gov Umahi"}]}]}},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Odofin","author_link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?author=2"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=10\" rel=\"category\">Politics<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi has stated that the South-East region wants the entrenchment of fairness in the zone, rather than agitations for war. 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