The South-East Governors Forum has reportedly said that the embattled leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, cannot be linked to the violent crimes & deteriorating insecurity in the region.

Speaking at a meeting in Enugu on August 10th, the governors insisted that criminal elements, rather than agitators, were responsible for the violent crimes in the region. The governors who constitute the regional South-East Governors’ Forum are Alex Otti (Abia), Prof. Chukwuma Soludo (Anambra), Francis Nwifuru (Ebonyi), Dr Peter Mbah (Enugu) & Senator Hope Uzodimma (Imo). According to chairman of the forum, governor Hope Uzodinma, the forum has firmly resolved to fight insecurity decisively in the region individually & collectively, in partnership with the F.G and other Stakeholders.

We wish to state categorically that the perpetrators of the insecurity in our region and their sponsors are criminals and should not be seen as legitimate agitators.