Anxiety and confusion has enveloped Abbi Community in Uzo-Uwani Local
Government Area, Enugu State, following the invasion of the area by
Fulani herdsmen who unleashed mayhem on the people, killing a brother
and sister apart from razing down about seven houses and several
motorcycles.
Herdsmen… as death merchants Altogether, 19 persons were declared
missing in the community even as several others were also wounded with
machetes by the invaders.
It was gathered that the Fulani herdsmen numbering over 30 emerged
from the bush, and began to attack the people in the community, killing their victims and maiming others with machetes before
fleeing into the bush unharmed.
A reliable source in the community said that the people were taken
unawares by Fulani herdsmen, adding that the police and members of the
local vigilante group were yet to respond to cries of the people before
the invaders escaped into the bush.
“The most worrisome aspect of the Fulani invasion of the community
was that about 19 people are still missing as nobody can give account of
them. Those missing were last seen on the fateful day. The community
formed search parties in groups, combing bushes within and outside the
community for days now, yet no sign of success has been recorded,’’ he
noted.
Compiled By Chinenyeh Ozor
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