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Armed Herdsmen Resume Attacks In Enugu Community, Kill Three Residents
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Suspected armed Fulani
... a peculiarly brutal tribe of Moslem herdsmen infesting Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and probably other places that are light on law and order and heavy on tribal identity...
 herdsmen have resumed attacks in Eha-Amufu, Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of Enugu State, killing at least three people in Mgbuji autonomous community, SaharaReporters has learnt.

Another person is still missing after the attack, which occurred on Monday, June 9, 2025.

According to community sources, the victims were farmers who were attacked in their farms.

A community leader, Ogenyi Samuel, confirmed the incident, lamenting that the community is tired and despondent due to the attacks and killings.

"We are tired and despondent. The government only mobilises security agents after every attack to collect corpses, but they don't do anything to prevent the attacks or engage the assailants," Samuel told SaharaReporters.

Another community leader, who spoke on condition of anonymity, corroborated the attack, stating that three corpses had been recovered and deposited in the morgue.

He also mentioned that one person is missing, and a search party has been launched.

The community leader expressed frustration, saying, "Our people are already tired and despondent because you don't know when the assailants will come. It's like a guerrilla war now. We have a large farm concentration, and when you think you have secured one side, the assailants will launch an attack through another area."

According to him, several people would have been killed if the gunshots had penetrated their bodies.

He said, "It is true that three people were killed yesterday, being Monday, in Mgbuji. The victims went to their farms and were attacked and killed. One person is still missing as we speak. A search party has been launched since last night. Three corpses have been recovered and are already deposited in the morgue.

"Among those killed is one man called Isaiah in Otu-Mgbuji. I don't know the names of the other two, but one is the son of Emmanuel Ogbodo. Last Friday, the herders had attacked another person in the same farm, although he escaped, they took his cycle of violence. His escape was just a miracle because they had already caught and macheted him.

"Since the government promised to send 150 personnel comprising the military, police, DSS, Air Force, and Civil Defence to the farm to be combing the area after the women protested in March, about three months now, nobody has gone to that place. The herdsmen are still occupying the settlements and launching attacks from there on the farmers."

According to the source, "Our local government chairman, Mr. Obiora Obeagu, is also not helping the matter. The soldiers and coppers that were already in Eha-Amufu, who accepted that they would be combing the bushes periodically, the Council Chairman is not helping them by giving them fuel to go there. The people are tired, and they have resigned their fate to God.

"What is now happening is that after the people have been killed, the government will start mobilising security personnel to go and carry their corpses. After the killings, the job of the security will be to go and carry the corpses. Since the women protested, the attack hasn't stopped, but this is the first time the herders will be killing people after the protest. They have been attacking people and dispossessing them of their belongings," the source narrated.

The recent attack is coming barely three months after women from seven autonomous communities in Eha-Amufu protested against incessant attacks by Fulani herdsmen, which have resulted in the killings of hundreds of farmers and raping of women since 2021.

According to reports, at least 152 persons have been killed by Fulani herdsmen in Eha-Amufu between 2021 and March 2025. Over 49 kidnapped cases have also been recorded, with about 20 persons still missing from several attacks.

The community leaders have called on the government to take concrete actions to prevent further attacks and protect the lives of the people.

Efforts to reach the Council Chairman, Obiora Obeagu, for comment on the recent attack were unsuccessful. He did not answer calls, and a text message sent to him remained unresponded to, even after he had read it.

Similarly, the Enugu State Police Command has yet to issue an official statement on the incident. The Command's spokesperson, SP Daniel Ndukwe, was unreachable, as he did not take calls or respond to a text message seeking his reaction.


Posted by: Fred 2025-06-11
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