Enugu community in mourning after suspected herdsmen attack kills over 10

Amah Samuel-Ugbor Nnachi,
South-East Regional Editor

Bandits, suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, have killed over 10 persons in Aguamede, Eha-Amufu, in the Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of Enugu State, on Sunday evening, June 16.

The attack, which occurred around 4:30 pm, left residents in shock and fear, with many more people still missing.

Sources from the community disclosed that the killer herdsmen were probably dropped by a helicopter that reportedly flew around the community earlier in the day.

Investigations by The Mirror revealed the bandits invaded Ikpakpara, and Aguamede communities at about 4.30 pm, when some people were still in the church, and started slaughtering the natives like cows.

“They did not even announce their operation with any gunshot. They just came in and started using machetes to butcher people and had killed more than 10 people in their homes before anybody knew what was happening.”

He stated that many more people were still missing, as of yesterday, while no less than 10 corpses were recovered with severe machete cuts deep into their skulls and other parts of their bodies.
When contacted, the Enugu State Police Public Relations Officer, Daniel Ndukwe, failed to respond to calls and messages made to him.

The chairman of Isi-Uzo Local Government Council, Mr. Obiora Obeagu, could not be reached for his reaction to the incident.

It will be recalled that a similar attack occurred, last week, at Mbuji Eha-Amufu, where no less than four people were killed by the same suspected herdsmen.

Whereas it was reported that security operatives have been moved to the affected communities sharing boundary with Benue state after the Mbuji killing, there has not been any respite since for the people of Eha-Amufu and other communities in Isi-Uzo local government area that share boundaries with Benue state.

Killings in the Eha-Amufu and Ikem communities of the Isi-Uzo local government area at the Benue State boundaries have lasted for over eight years. Killings by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Eha-Amufu started as far back as 2017.