The insecurity in the Eha-Amufu community in Enugu State has continued to send away more residents and students of the Federal College of Education.
It was gathered that the community has been deserted for fear of being caught up in the ongoing herdsmen’s crisis.
According to reports, the criminal elements have taken over the abandoned houses and cart away personal belongings of the displaced Eha-Amufu residents.
Speaking on Tuesday, a trader in the community, Asogwa Nneka, said their shops were burgled on Sunday after the criminals had broken in to steal money and food items.
Nneka noted that seven people were killed by the invaders during the attack on Sunday.
She said two leaders of a vigilance group that had been protecting the community were also killed during the last attack on the community.
The unending attacks forced the remaining residents to flee the entire town, leaving it desolate.
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A cleric, one Pastor Emeka, said, “My brother, what is happening in Eha-Amufu this morning is an exodus. It appeared that security agencies brought to Eha-Amufu are here to supervise the final destruction of Eha-Amufu. People are living Eha-Amufu to God’s know where. This is the final burial of Eha-Amufu yet we have a government in Enugu state.”
Also, another resident, Chisomo Olinya said “if government cannot protect the people, why is the government deploying all the apparatus of the state force to destroy our youths in the name of fighting members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).”
One of the survivors of the December 8 attack on the war-torn Ebor community, Eha-Amufu in Isi-Uzu local government area of the state, Nkechi Ebeh, decried the gruesome and vicious attack on her community by armed Fulani herdsmen with their collaborators from Agala, Benue State.
The mother of five lamented that her husband Friday Ebeh, was among 25 people (all males) that were massacred in their houses during an early morning attack.
Distressed Nkechi, who was seen crying during a visit to Ebor and other troubled communities of Mgbuji and Umujiovu, told SaharaReporters that she lost her husband and relatives to the December 8, 2022 massacre, adding that she only survived by God’s mercy.
The 45-year-old woman while narrating her ordeal, said, “We were going to the farm on that fateful day when suddenly we saw some persons in their numbers holding guns and machetes marching to our community, Ebor. They first entered my village Ama-Obelebe. They started pursuing us which made me run back home. On getting to the house, I could not find my children and my husband at home.
“Later I discovered that my husband was among the people killed. In the evening I got information that my children were in Ama-Nkanu, a distant neighbouring community, which is very far from Eha-Amufu. My husband was buried when his corpse was discovered the next day,” she lamented.
On the identity of those who attacked them, Nkechi Ebeh said that they were Fulani herders, together with Agala people of Benue State. “We don’t hear the language of Fulani but we hear that of Agala people because they are our neighbouring community.”
She pleaded with the government to come to their aid as they would not live as Internally Displaced Persons forever.
The Governor had, on several occasions, summoned an emergency meeting involving all the stakeholders from the area. During such meetings, revelations are always made and actions taken. Unfortunately, none of the actions have yielded the desired result. As soon as the residents return home, the marauders, said to be Fulani herdsmen will strike again and leave the village bleeding.