EXPOSED! ! How NIGERIAN Army Allegedly Aided Fulani Herdsmen In Slaughtering 16 Villagers, Burning Houses In Ebonyi- Residents Laments
On Monday, the residents of Amegu Nkalaha Community in the Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State are fleeing their houses in droves as the death toll in Sunday’ s armed herdsmen invasion rose to 16.
Peoples houses and properties were burnt and destroyed by the invading assailants who took advantage of Sunday morning, when majority of the people had gone to churches.
Three corpses that were recovered on Monday morning were seen either being prepared for burial by family members.
Seven Yam bans were burned, 25 houses were completely razed, five houses which didn’ t burn down had their windows and doors badly damaged.
Some of the corpses being buried during had their throats slit while some had several gunshots.
This was confirmed in a press statement issued by one of the villagers identified as Edeze during his exclusive interview with the journalists.
Revealing how the unfortunate incident occurred, he said that, it was unfortunate that, the Nigerian Army aided the Fulani terrorist in killing of 16 of their community members.
He says that, the military and police came on Saturday, telling them that, nobody should leave the community only for attackers to strike, killing 16 persons and wreaking havoc and for several hours.
He said that, there no intervention from either the police or the military and maintained that, after the carnage, the Nigerian Army troops and some policemen were sent to the community to condole with the residents.
” Worse still, when they came, the soldiers seized the phones of our people who were making videos and threatened that, if they see the videos of the carnage and pictures of the destruction, they will come back and destroy them” .
” After they carried 10 corpses which our people recovered including a retired policeman, Mr James Ogbu from different locations they were slaughtered, the soldiers returned and handed back the phones seized from the people. ” .
” Even the deputy governor of Ebonyi, Mrs Patricia Obila was the one telling the police that, they should go for mass arrest in our community, accusing our people of killing cows belonging to the Fulani herdsmen but, up till now, she hasn’ t visited the community” .
Edeze regretted that, the government only raised its voice when a community is accused of killing cows but will remain silent when their farms and crops are destroyed by the same cows.
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In a separate speech, another resident of the community identified as Elder Simon Idenyi accused the military and police of aiding the atrocities of the herdsmen in the community and other parts they have attacked.
” What happened is that on February 1st, officials of the state government with the military and police authorities came to us and said that, they want to make peace with us and Fulani Herdsmen” .
” After discussions with the elders of the community including women, they told us that, the problem we had with the Fulani herdsmen had been resolved” . ” They encouraged us not to leave our houses that, the government and security agencies are here to protect us and assured us that nothing would happen to us” .
Continuing, he said: ” Regrettably, at about 9: 30am strange faces we came to understand were Fulani herdsmen wielding AK- 47 rifles and machetes surrounded the community and started killing anyone on sight and burning houses randomly” . ” There was no security agents in sight while the carnage lasted” .
” The attack started around 9: 30 am and they left the community around 3: 30 pm and no single security agent came until around 5 pm” .
” The assailants entered every nook and cranny of the community and even church, they killed two inside the church burned our houses at least 25 houses despite the military and state government assured us of protection and support that, we shouldn’ t leave our community” .
” Hours after the carnage the soldiers came and told us sorry for the loss and later left” . ‘ They took 10 corpses we have recovered to the morgue and still looking for more five people in bushes” .
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