After the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu had warned that if after 14 days the South East Governors failed to heed his appeal,

And  there is no firm and decisive action by them to ban open grazing in South East, IPOB’s Eastern Security Network, ESN, would step in to commence the enforcement of the 1969 Anti-Grazing Law across the entire region.

But, his proposition met stiff resistance from Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, who argued that though South East governors were desirous of solving the intractable farmers/herders’ clashes, the IPOB leader had no basis to issue ultimatum to the governors.