South-East govs reject Boko Haram detainees in Anambra

South- East governors have ap­pealed to the Federal Government to reconsider the relocation some Boko Haram suspects in Ekwulobia Prisons in Anambra State to Abuja which they considered more secured.

Addressing journal­ists yesterday at the Govern­ment House, Owerri, Imo State after the meeting of the governors, Imo State Gover­nor, Rochas Okorocha said the governors considering the protests and tension the relo­cation of some Boko Haram suspects had been generating are appealing to the Federal Government to reconsider its decision of relocating the de­tainees to Abuja which would be a more secured place than the South-East.

'South-East is part of Ni­geria and the people of the zone also share in the pains of our brothers and sisters in the North-East, who have been under severe attacks from Boko Haram insurgents. But we are appealing to the Fed­eral Government to recon­sider its decision of detaining some of the suspects, as their presence is already generating tension.

'We sincerely believe that the best place to detain the suspects should be in Abuja which is more secured than in the South-East and their relocation will definitely calm down rising tension in the zone'.

Similarly, the governors also appealed to the Federal Government to rehabilitate from the zone those who were also victims of Boko Haram and that whatever relief being considered for other victims should also be extended to them.