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General News of Monday, 21 June 2021

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Be ready to confront any invasion - Delta monarchs to communities

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Traditional leaders in Delta have urged residents of Asaba and Agbor to be more vigilant of Fulani jihadists as the southern governors' insist on banning open grazing.

This was stated in a four-point communiqué issued at the end of their meeting in Asaba on Saturday, June 19.

In the communiqué read by the Chairman of Delta Traditional Rulers’ Council and Obi of Owa, Dr Emmanuel Efeizomor, the monarchs condemned the threat in its entirety and restated their earlier support for the position of the southern governors on the now-famous “Asaba Declaration”, The Punch reports.

It read, “The monarchs urged all communities in Delta State to immediately activate their local security apparatus and be ready and prepared to ward off any form of threat to peace and security in their area.

“Royal fathers tasked security agencies in the state not to treat the purported threat with levity but extend their dragnets to all nooks and crannies of the state with a view to nipping unwholesome activities of criminal elements in the bud.”

While decrying the heightened insecurity across the country, the monarchs called on the federal authorities to take the issue of security seriously in order to stop the nation from drifting to anarchy.