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Obiano orders headcount, says roaming herdsmen be treated as criminals
By Modupe Shodeinde
Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has ordered another headcount of herdsmen in the state, after which any roaming herder would be regarded as a criminal.
The governor during one-day stakeholders’ security summit at the Prof Dora Akunyili Women Development Centre, Awka, the Anambra State capital, directed that after the new census, police and other security agencies should treat any roaming herdsmen in the state as criminals.
“You should treat any itinerant herdsmen as criminals. Security reports show that it is these itinerant headers that commit all manner of crimes to have their way through.
“They are the people that kill, kidnap, rape and harass the people with impunity. Those of them carrying any type of firearms should be treated as armed robbers.” the governor said.
Obiano stated that the welfare and safety of the people is one of the top priorities of his administration.
He also called on stakeholders, including security agencies, community leaders, vigilantes, youths to strive to keep the state’s record as one of the safest states in the country, while vouching his government’s continued support in that respect.
