{"id":116221,"date":"2025-02-03T20:18:40","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T19:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=116221"},"modified":"2025-02-03T20:18:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T19:18:40","slug":"just-in-scores-killed-as-suspected-herdsman-attack-ebonyi-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/just-in-scores-killed-as-suspected-herdsman-attack-ebonyi-community\/","title":{"rendered":"JUST-IN: Scores Killed As Suspected Herdsman Attack Ebonyi Community\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1822970333962465585\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many residents of Amegu Nkalaha Community in Ishielu local government area of Ebonyi State have been confirmed dead following an attack by suspected herdsmen who invaded the community, killing people and destroying houses.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m#msg-f:1822970333962465585-content\" class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nConfirming the attack, the Chairman of Ishielu LGA, Mrs. Ifeoma Agwu said then causality figure is yet to be ascertained as evacuation of dead bodies were still ongoing and they were being deposited at the mortuary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are taking the victims\u2019 bodies to the mortuary right now. I cannot talk much on it now. We will give more details later\u201d, she said.<\/p>\n<p>Pointblanknews.com gathered that the attack is believed to be a reprisal following the recent killing of some cows belonging to the herdsmen in the area.<\/p>\n<p>A member of the community, Prof Ndubuisi Idenyi who confirmed the attack took to his Facebook page to post: \u201cMy Village Amegu Nkalaha attacked today by Herdsmen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany have been killed and houses razed to the ground. What a black Sunday!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a telephone interview, Prof Idenyi said the herdsmen attacked the community in the early hours of Sunday, killing and injuring unconfirmed number of people as well as burning down houses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have the number of casualties right now. We are still tracking and bringing out the dead bodies especially those killed in the farms,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Another source said a Pastor of a Pentecostal church and an evangelist in the area were among those killed in the attack.<\/p>\n<p>The source who pleaded anonymity said the community members were not responsible for the killing of the cows.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe did not kill their cows. They were killed by members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) in the forest,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n<p>He further revealed that there has been tension in the community following the killing of the cows, maintaining that stakeholders in the area have been making frantic effort to ensure that the attack was not carried out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been living in fear since the killing of the cows belonging to the herdsmen. Our stakeholders made several efforts to forestall the attack, but to our shock, they invaded the community this early morning and unleashed this mayhem on our people,\u201d the source lamented.<\/p>\n<p>When contacted, the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Joshua Ukandu said he was not aware of the incident.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many residents of Amegu Nkalaha Community in Ishielu local government area of Ebonyi State have been confirmed dead following an attack by suspected herdsmen who invaded the community, killing people&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":112037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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