Herdsmen Slaughter Father Of Ohanaeze Youth Leader In Ebonyi
EkoHotBlog reports that the father of Ohaneze Ndigbo Youth Chairman, Aja Okeafor has been slaughtered by suspected herdsmen on his farm in Ebonyi State.
The suspects had fled into a nearby bush along the Ishiagu-Mpu road after allegedly killing an INEC staff and kidnapping his wife.
Demian Okeafor, leader of Ohaneze Ndigbo youth, shared this information during a telephone interview with journalists in Abakaliki, the capital of Ebonyi State.
He recounted, “I was at home after church service when I received a call that my father had been murdered by suspected herdsmen. I tried to rush there but couldn’t make it in time. Later, I went to the police station with my younger brother, who was already on-site, and it was confirmed.
The security source, who spoke to PremiumTimes lamented the upsurge in crimes in Ishiagu, noting that one person was killed last week by suspected kidnappers in Akaeze, a neighboring community in the same local government area.
In March, the palace of the community’s monarch, Moses Ngele was vandalised during a protest by women of the community.
The women had declared a weeklong peaceful protest against the killings and kidnapping of residents by suspected herders.
The protest, which lingered for four days, later turned violent leading to the vandalisation of the Monarch’s palace by hoodlums who allegedly hijacked the protest.
Despite the protests, the security situation in the area has continued to deteriorate.
Sources in the area have accused the police and other security agencies of not doing enough to stop the attacks by gunmen in the area.
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