Tears flow in Enugu as Fulani Herdsmen wreak Havoc
PULISHED DATE 29 OCTOBER 2015
By Osondu Roland
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| Gabriel Chukwunonso |
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| Properties Destroyed by Fulani Herdsmen |
From the Enugu State University teaching hospital, park lane to bishop shananah hospital in Nsukka and Nimbo Ukpabi Uzo Umani Iga detected families struggle to hold their emotions on seeing their loved ones battle to stay alive.
Ukpabi Nimbo community Uzo-umani local government area on 27-04-2013 became a red spot on the world map when rampaging Fulani herdsmen struck, killing scores of villagers, mostly farmers and destroyed properties worth millions of Naira in the process. Sources in the area had part the casualty figure at 300-500 although the Police were yet to give a definite figure very few of item agreed to take to press men because many cost their parents sister belters according to Gabriel Chukwunonso twins brother said he lost out members of his family, and his father was one of the major target by the Fulani. Herdsmen, his father was one of the community elder.
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| Villagers Leaving the Community after the Attack of the Fulani Herdsmen |
According to him he said that immediately after the burial his family members he must run for his life well with a joint team of police officers army and older security agencies stationed at strategic areas in the community Gabriel Chukwunonso said that the Fulani herdsmen around 6:30am that morning strained the village and from what I saw they were more than 100 they rushed to our church house where father (priest) and his wife were.
They made series of attempt to get the door open but to no avail and this was when they got angry and decided to burn down the church. From there they entered inside the village. The first man they caught was was slaughtered and his head was cut off. They were killing mostly men, from 16years and above was killed silently as many people reported what they passed through.
According to Nwafor Ekene among the few people who agreed to speak to press men Chukwunonso Gabriel younger sister was also rape by the Fulani headsmen. Nwafor Ekene said that Chukwunoso met the headsmen raping his sister when he was trying to save her the Fulani boy brought out a dagger to stab Gabriel during the process Chukwunoso now stapbbed the Fulani boy and he died within the shortest time police come looking for Chukwunoso.
With the information reaching us he ran to hide in his twins brothers house when the police saw him he started running during the process the police van had an accident and two officers died since then nobody knows Gabriel Chukwunoso were about and his twins brother.
The police has declared him wanted till date. Any person with any useful information should please contact the nearest police force.
After the mass burial of the casualtiese many young people ran out of the village and promised never to come back, our report sinterviewed many on their way out of the village just like Chukwuemeka, Usamezegwu , Okonkwor Eze, Ifeanyi Nwafor, Gabrielp Chukwunonso and many others who ran for their lives because the Fulani headsmen vow to come back anytime.
The president gave the order asking security chiefs to secure the area where the suspected herdsmen are function and gave strong directive to security operation to be vigilant.
