Death toll rises to 15 in Ebonyi community herdsmen’s killings

The death toll in the invasion of Amagu and two other villages, in Nkalaha community in the
Ishielu local Government Area of Ebonyi State by suspected Fulani herdsmen, has risen to 15
while many people are still missing in the area, PUNCH Metro learnt on Tuesday.
Suspected armed herdsmen had, on Sunday morning, invaded the community, killing 10 people
and burning houses.
However, recent findings revealed that more dead bodies were recovered in the bushes around
the area while some natives still went missing in the affected villages.
The Ebonyi State Deputy Governor, Princess Patricia Obila, who visited the community on
Tuesday, gave a 24-hour ultimatum to security agencies in the state to fish out the suspected
killers who killed the innocent citizens in three villages of Nkalaha community.
Princess Obila, who represented Governor Francis Nwifuru, said the state government was very
shocked and saddened over the incident.
She said, “No government is happy to see their citizens being killed in a bloody manner. This is
a horrific scene to behold. If you look at those corpses, they are a younger generation that were
lost.
“What happens to their children and what happens to their families? Why do you terminate
lives that you can’t create? It is too bad. I’m sounding a warning to all the youth leaders of this
community. All of you should sit up, I didn’t say that you should sit up to go and fight but to
make peace and love in harmony.