…Set anti-open grazing law implementation deadline

 

Southern states governors have agreed that the next president of Nigeria must come from the Southern region, insisting that they must be notified as to the chief security of the state before any operation by security agencies.

This was part of the decisions they reached at their meeting on Monday in Lagos.

 

The Governors also set September 21, 2021, as the deadline for the promulgation of anti-open grazing law among its member states.

Southern governors, at the meeting, resolved that security agencies must notify them as the chief security officer of their states before they carried out any operations within their domain.

This was contained in a communiqué issued today at the end of the governors’ meeting in Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos State.

The communiqué didn’t mention the recent raid of the Department of State Services on the Ibadan residence of Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho but the decision of the governors was a veiled reference to the incident.

The governors in the communiqué, “Re-emphasised the need for State Police;

“Resolved that if for any reason security institutions need to undertake an operation in any State, the Chief Security Officer of the State must be duly informed;

“Frowns at selective criminal administration of Justice and resolved that arrests should be made within the ambit of the Law and fundamental human rights.”