The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has expressed concern over the influx of strange people into the Southeast
CAN raise the alarm on Sunday in a statement signed by its Southeast Zonal Chairman, Bishop Goddy Okafor.
The Christian body, which restated its rejection of the Federal Government’s proposed RUGA settlement programme, said the strange faces must be made to leave the zone.
According to the group, “all the people without identity, who are flooding the zone should be stopped by immigration and other law enforcement agencies.
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“Also, suspected foreign herders and the killer herdsmen are asked to leave the zone immediately. Most of such foreign and killer herders have been identified in some parts of the zone.”
While commending the Southeast Governors for the various steps taken so far in addressing the activities of killer herdsmen, it advised that the community policing policy already initiated should be strengthened.
CAN reiterate that “the local government chairmen, traditional rulers, President-Generals, (PGs) and councillors are living in the urban areas, thereby abandoning the villagers to their fate.
“We condemn such habit and ask them to start operating from their villages. Let them come back and be the gatekeepers in their villages,” it said.
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