The south eastern governors are also set to inaugurate its own security outfit weeks after the launch of Amotekun by the south western governors.
Engineer Dave Umahi, the governor of Ebonyi state says the federal government is already aware of this plan.
A security body like that of the controversial Amotekun in the south west is set to be inaugurated in the south east, the governor said.
Umahi maintains that part of the tasks before the proposed security agency with be to tackle attacks by suspected herdsmen.
He said the creation of the outfit is at the end stage of planning to ensure it kicks off with effective operation.
The governor, who is the chairman of the south east governors’ forum, said this on Wednesday, January 29, when he met with Major General Lasisi Adegboye, the General Officer Commanding 82 Division of the Nigerian Army.
Daily Post reports that Umahi expressed bitterness over the incessant attacks by suspected herdsmen on parts of the south east zone and said the security agency is partly created to tackle this and ensure peace in the zone.
The South Eastern governors’ Forum Chairman said the zone’s governors had already made the plan known to the country’s central authorities.
The report, however, said Umahi did not mention the name of the new security outfit being created.
The report quoted Umahi as saying each region of the country has its own peculiar security challenge adding that the south east zone had formed a joint task force.
“We are putting things together because we had a joint meeting with all the service chiefs and the GOC.
“So, we discussed and agreed on what we need to do to continue to give safety to our people in south east,” Umahi said.
He added that everyone would be involved in the security outfit being planned because each state in the region has a vital role to play for it to succeed. Daily Post