Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), yesterday, cautioned the Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, over alleged plans to set up permanent grazing settlements in the state.
The group said the alleged plans to donate land to Fulani herders, including Fulani migrants from neighbouring West African nations of Mali, Niger and Mauritania was tantamount to declaring ethnic war in Igbo land.
In a statement by its national coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, the group advised the governor to perish the idea, since actualising such an initiative will set off a permanent ethnic warfare in the region.
The rights group also urged all South East governors to shun all entreaties by the Federal Government to set up Ruga settlements in their domains.
According to the rights group, attracting these settlements in the region will allow for the infiltration of warmongers and terrorists from Mauritania, Mali, Niger and Central African Republic, which share the same ethno-cultural affiliation with the Fulani that are indigenous to Nigeria.
HURIWA asked Mbah to take a trip discreetly to Southern Kaduna, beginning from Kafanchan, in Jemaa Local Council of Kaduna State, and to conduct the spot investigation of the experiences of the natives of Southern Kaduna in the hands of Fulani settlers.
