Igbo group warns Nigeria may witness Rwanda, Burundi episodes

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By Dennis Agbo

ENUGU- NZUKO Umunna, an Igbo think-thank that partners stakeholders for development, has warned Nigeria to arrest the present drift to lawlessness, which it said if not checked could make the country witness worst war and genocide stories that were experienced by Rwanda and Burundi in 1994.

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Nzuko Umunna gave the warning following last weekend’s killing of Mrs. Funke Olakunrin by suspected Fulani herdsmen and all the comments it has generated since then.

The group made up of Igbo intelligentsia at home and in Diaspora asked federal government to quickly stem the descent into lawlessness; overhaul the Nigeria’s security architecture and design an effective framework to arrest the rampaging criminality threatening the unity and continued existence of the country.

In a statement issued yesterday, coordinator and secretary of the group, Ngozi Odumuko and Paschal Mbanefo, respectively, said they received with shock the killing of Mrs. Olakunrin, daughter of…



Source: Vanguard Newspaper