In a sad report, some unknown gunmen have reportedly attacked an Ebonyi State community.
The name of the village is Ebele village in Umuogodo Akpu, Mgbo in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
Per what we gathered, the incident took place on April 11 and this was confirmed by the State Commissioner of Police, Aliyu Garba.
This attack comes just hours after the governors of the south-east region announced the formation of a joint security outfit, ‘Ebube Agu’.
In his submission, he indicated that the number of casualties is still unknown as he had difficulties quantifying the loses.
The incident was also confirmed by the Ebonyi State Commissioner for Internal Security and Border Peace. Stanley Okoro-Emegha.
According to him, some of the community members told him that it was a communal crisis, while others said it was carried out by herdsmen. He added the state authorities are yet to unravel those behind the attack and the number of lives and properties destroyed.
Some days ago, the Ebonyi State Governor, Governor David Umahi as confirmed that over 15 persons were killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen.
The incident reportedly happened on Monday and according to him, these herdsmen committed the atrocity with AK-47s.
He made this known during a recent submission at Obegu, in the Ishielu Local Government Area of the state.
In his submission, he said;
“I got a piece of very shocking news this afternoon about the attack on about four communities of Nkalaha, Obegu, Amaezu and Umuhuali in Ishielu Local Government Area of the state by AK-47 herdsmen that came yesterday (Monday) and killed 15 of members of these communities.
I remembered that about a year ago, we had an incident of killing of two herdsmen within this same location and immediately the security agencies, the local government Chairman and the community leaders all came together to condemn the attack and the killing and we immediately asked the security agencies to fish out the people that did that and they did fish them out and as we talk, they are standing trial in Ebonyi State and the community and security agencies appeased the herdsmen and made peace with them.
And so, it is very shocking that overnight, all the herdsmen in Ishielu local government vacated Ishielu local government which means that the local herdsmen in Ishielu are part of the conspiracy in the killing of our people. They vacated despite all efforts by the government, the governors of South-East and security agencies have been making to give them full protection not only in the state but in the entire South East.
We feel so sad that this kind of thing should happen to Ebonyi State, we feel so worried for our country Nigeria and we are short of words.
Good enough, we have some traces of the sponsors, we have the traces of those who came here. I will not disclose it but I am going to escalate the identities of the people to the highest authorities and we wait to see what they will do but we condemn this attack, it is not only happening in Ebonyi State. If it is allowed to go this way, it is capable of generating very serious civil war among the nation of Nigeria.
I want to demand from the Security Chiefs to fish out these people because they are well known, they should fish them out, let them face the wrath of the law. It has happened in so many places and they were not fished out and that’s why this kind of thing is happening.”
Source: NaijaOnPoint.com
