Insecurity: Fulani herdsmen terrorist attack Eha-Amufu community-many people killed

Insecurity: Fulani herdsmen terrorist attack Eha-Amufu community-many people killed.

It was another sad day for the people of Ebor, Eha-Amufu community in Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of Enugu State on Sunday was attacked by armed Fulani herdsmen terrorists and their collaborators.

A news media reported that a reliable security source informed them that the invaders who launched the attack early morning on Sunday outnumbered the soldiers and local vigilantes, and several people were killed.

“As I speak to you, we are combing bushes in search of the bodies of those killed. I can’t tell now the exact number of people killed.

“From the report I received, the armed herdsmen and their collaborators from Benue State communities launched the attack around 5:30 am to 6 am this Sunday morning. Before we got there, several people have been killed

“We are just a few soldiers here and where we are based is a little bit far from the community. There are no other security operatives from other security agencies here in Eha-Amufu helping except the local vigilantes. They (vigilantes) first engaged them but the invading armed herdsmen outnumbered them,” a security source said.

The attack was also confirmed by Samuel Ogbuabor, a community leader,

“As I speaking to you, the invading armed herdsmen are still shooting. Several people have been killed, at least we have recovered the bodies of 10 people

He blamed the local government chairman, whom he said is playing politics with the lives of the Eha-Amufu people because of the 2023 general elections.

“The chairman of the Isi-Uzo local government area is playing politics with our lives. He didn’t want to tell the governor the true facts of what is happening in our community. He is not supporting the local vigilantes and other local security

 “A few weeks ago, he dissolved all the local vigilantes formed by Eha-Amufu communities yet he hardly visit the affected communities. We need the government to declare a security emergency in Eha-Amufu, especially in Ebor, Umujiovu, Mgbuji, and Agu-Amede communities. Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi should do something drastic. His government should stop politicizing the situation in our place.

“They should stop fabricating stories that our people are collaborating in our situations. That is a fallacy and diverts attention from the real issues. Agala people in Benue State have joined forces with armed herdsmen attacking and killing our people every day. They have sacked several villages and occupied them. They have destroyed our people’s livelihood. Properties worth millions have been destroyed and those in political positions in Enugu State are playing politics with it?

“Since these recent attacks started in October, we haven’t seen policemen. You can only see police if their commissioner is coming to witness the destruction. And when the commissioner goes back to Enugu, he starts dishing out false narratives. Where are the tactical squad and operational assets of the police he told Nigerians through the media that he had deployed to Eha-Amufu?

“We want to know who the security agencies in Enugu State are protecting their interest. The invading armed herdsmen? Could it be that the security chiefs in Enugu State are in the state to give cover to armed herdsmen?” he lamented.

 Ebor and Umujiovu communities were also on December 8, 2022, attacked and 25 people lost their lives but the Enugu State Police Command told the media that only four people were killed. The attack in Eha-Amufu town saw many people flee their homes. So many of them ran to neighboring

communities in Ebonyi State and some to the Enugu capital. So many have been forced into Internally Displaced Persons’ abodes.

The reports have it that since January 5, 2021, till date no fewer than 120 people had been confirmed killed in four communities in Eha-Amufu by armed Fulani herdsmen terrorists and their collaborators from the Agala community in Benue State.

However, the Enugu State Police Command has confirmed the attack but gives no t details of the casualty. The Command’s spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, in a text message, confirmed the latest attack to the reporter saying  “sketchy report at my disposal shows that there was an attack. But the assailants were repelled by a Joint Police/Army team, that is currently trailing them.”