Nigeria, April 7 -- In response to a viral report on Sunday that the administration of Governor Alex Otti has approved the involvement of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) to fight the menace of Fulani Herdsmen and protect Abia Farmers, the Abia State Government has insisted that it never made such a statement, describing it as malicious and misleading.

The alleged decision of the state government to engage the ESN, which is the armed group of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, was said to be because ofthe continued inaction of Nigerian Security Forces.

The Abia government is now saying that the post is intended to create disaffection and cause unnecessary tension in the state, insisting that Governor Alex Otti's government has not...