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Herdsmen Attack Ebonyi, Kill Priest, 19 Others
Herdsmen have reportedly killed no fewer than 20 persons, a record of a Methodist priest, and 19 other indigenes of Egedegede, Obegu and Amuzu communities in Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
The victims were on Monday evening, gruesomely killed by rampaging herdsmen who invaded the communities to also destroy property worth millions of Naira.
A resident of the community confirmed that the herdsmen murdered over 20 persons, while another resident said 10 were killed.
However, in her report, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, DSP Loveth Odah, said the command was yet to ascertain the number of casualties.
She noted that the Commissioner of Police (CP) had deployed a team led by Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) in charge of Operations for an assessment to get the detail of the report, but they were yet to come back.
“We are still waiting for our men to come back to tell us their findings. I am already preparing a press release on the incident but their report too will assist us in giving you detailed information about it,” Odah said.
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One of the victims said the community was in a state of mourning following the attack, noting that the herdsmen attacked the community at midnight, which, he said, caused serious panic.
Commissioner for Business Development, Dr. Stephen Odo and Chairman of Ishielu Council Area, Sunday Eze, who led security agents to the communities yesterday, commiserated with families of the victims and assured that government would take proactive measures to investigate the incident.
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A community leader, Oji Osondu, said the herdsmen attacked members of the community for asking them to leave their domain.
“About two weeks ago, our community asked them to leave. For some years now we don’t cultivate our farms again, because after cultivating they will bring their cattle into the farms and destroy everything. When you approach them they will tell you that their cattle did destroy the crops. And that was why this year, our people told them to leave our community so that we could return to our farms.
“Two years ago, our cooperative society cultivated 1,000 hectares of rice, but their cattle destroyed everything and nothing happened. We complained to the Ebonyi State Government and all security agencies, but nothing was done and no compensation was paid,” he stated.
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