President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo has raised an alarm over reports that some persons believed to be non-Nigerian citizens were being registered by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to enable them vote in the 2019 general elections in the country.

Fielding questions from journalists in Enugu on Thursday, Nwodo said the apex Igbo socio-cultural group would resist any attempts by the Federal Government to implement the proposed establishment of ranches in any part of the south-east region, describing it as an explosive ethnic bomb that would finish the country.

“This country has never been as divided as it is today. The president’s appointments remind people of where they are from; it has negated every advantage that we have acquired over the years in terms of building a united country.

“Why is it that everywhere Fulani herders have killed, murdered people in their numbers, the police arrived after. The whole essence of security is prevention, not management of crime after it has happened.

“An effective security must prevent a crime from occurring; in order words, it must have information, surveillance, it must have capacity to predict what the criminal is likely to do. We look at all these, social media are awash with pictures of Fulani herdsmen with riffles; their faces are there and nobody has arrested any one of them; those who are arrested, no one is prosecuted

He continued: “Evidences are arising from Kano indigenes now that a number of people who are not Nigerians are coming into Nigeria to register for the next election. Where are their addresses?

“INEC has done an administrative inquiry; fine, but in law you can’t be a judge in your own case. INEC could not have made a mistake, and be the one to investigate its own mistake.

“It must allow a judicial inquiry and even if its report has not been made public and the social media are replete with permanent voters’ cards showing names and pictures of children; the evidence is already in public domain, and it has not reached government to set up a judicial panel of inquiry; how do you ensure that the coming election is transparent when all the processes leading to it are not transparent.”