Chairman of South East Governor’s Forum and Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, says the people of the zone are fighting two separate wars.
Umahi stated this on Saturday in Abakiliki on the seventh and last day of the fasting and praying declared by the Christians Association Of Nigeria, Ebonyi State chapter, to seek the face of God towards addressing the security challenges in the state and country at large.
He identified the two wars in the region as the killing of security operatives by yet to be identified group and the activities of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra.
Umahi stated that the masterminds of the mayhem being visited on security operatives hijacked the ‘geninue’ intention of the Indigenous People of Biafra.
The governor, who distanced himself from the secession cause of IPOB, said, “So we have brought war against ourselves, now it is two different agenda that are being fought for in the south-east and our people are pretending, we have brought war on ourselves.
“The people that started this thing no longer has the control.
“Again, why are we killing security agencies? Why are we burning down police stations?
“The genuine agitations minus secession which started by a group of people has been hijacked.
“And if we don’t know, most of the security people that they are killing are from South East.
“And we say that they are being perpetrated from outside, [that] is not true.
“It is our people that are burning down the police stations, killing security agencies, snatching their guns, doing armed robbery and cultism.”