ICC Note: The governors of Nigeria gathered together in response to the recent Fulani killings and the murder of a 74-year-old pastor’s wife. They discussed their concerns about the impact of the killings and the growing disunity in the country. Although they were unable to offer a clear direction for the country, the governors did condemn the brutal killings. Christians in Nigeria have suffered increased violence at the hands of Fulani herdsmen and also face growing persecution at the hands of radical Muslims.

6/8/2016 Nigeria (AllAfrica)- Worried about the recent events happening in the country with particular concern on the relationship between the Igbo and Hausa, Governor Rochas Okorocha, his Kaduna and Bauchi States’ counterparts, Mallam Nasir El Rufai and Alhaji Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar, and the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, on Tuesday met with the leaders of Ohanaeze Ndi-Igbo led by its President-General, Chief Gary Igariway, in Owerri, Imo State.

THISDAY gathered that their discussions centred on the beheaded woman in Kano, the issue of herdsmen and the unity of the country.

The meeting had come after the visiting governors and APC National Chairman had attended the achievements presentation ceremony of Okorocha in the past five years, Monday night, with the governors, Oyegun and Ohaneze leaders speaking their minds on the disturbing issues of the Igbo woman, Mrs. Bridget Mike Agbahime, who killed in Kano, the herdsmen and the need to see those behind these unlawful acts as criminals and also as common enemies of the nation and her people.

In his speech at the meeting, el-Rufai said that the governors from the northern part of the country condemn totally the murder of the Igbo woman in Kano, and that the matter should be treated as a case of murder while those responsible must be brought to face the wrath of the law.

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