Tension In Enugu Community As Herdsmen Invade Agu-Amede, Kill Two, Injure Others, Raze Houses
Yet again, Agu-Amede in the Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of Enugu State has come under heavy attack as armed men said to be herdsmen have invaded Imamamaru village.
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The assailants killed two villagers and injured several others.
The bandits also burnt about four houses, SaharaReporters learnt on Tuesday.
SaharaReporters gathered that the incident occurred on Saturday, some days after a similar attack at Isiado village which left two people dead.
SaharaReporters reported on Monday that bandits suspected to be Fulani herders launched an attack on a community in the area, killing one person.
The recent attack in Isiado and Imamamaru villages has forced people to flee their homes.
Aged women, pregnant and nursing mothers and children are being relocated to neighbouring communities and villages which are safer, a community source told SaharaReporters on Tuesday.
A community leader, Ephraim Ogbu, who confirmed Saturday’s incident to SaharaReporters, decried the unprovoked attacks.
“The second attack at Imamamaru Agu-Amede after killing those two people at Isiado Agu-Amede. Our people are currently living in danger,” he said.
“A young man who is currently lying in a hospital bed was inside his house at Imamamaru village when the invaders launched the attack. Immediately he ran out of his house, they grabbed him and macheted him. You can see what they did to him. We don’t know whether he will survive it. How can someone stay in his house and a foreigner will attack him and want to still live in that community?
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