- He disclosed that the handful of soldiers on ground are not enough to secure the community and the stretch of borders it shared with Benue state.
Rampaging armed herdsmen terrorising Enugu have killed three farmers in renewed attacks in the South-East state
The killings happened in the Mgbuji community in Eha-Amufu, Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of the State on Friday morning.
In a Video clips sighted by Within Nigeria, one of the victims, who was brutally murdered, inside his rice farm was lying beside a basket of cassava he reportedly harvested before he was attacked.
A community leader, Ogenyi Odoh, confirmed the latest attacks and killings, to newsmen, saying many locals were also wounded in the attacks.
He appealed to the government for urgent intervention to end what he described as murderous attacks by killer herdsmen.
He disclosed that the handful of soldiers on ground are not enough to secure the community and the stretch of border it shared with Benue state.
He said, “Today three people who went to their farms were killed in a most savagery brutality. What is their offence? They went to their farms and while they were on their farms, herdsmen entered the farms and started eating them.
“They were asked to leave and the next thing was to kill them. As you can see in one of the video clips, the man was killed on his rice farm.
“You can also see in the video the large rice farm that Fulani herdsmen will maliciously destroy after four months of hard work. Is there a conspiracy, otherwise, how come after the Nigerian Army withdrew soldiers deployed to Eha-Amufu before the election and attacks and killings resumed?”
Odoh added, “Only about six soldiers are in the entire Eha-Amufu with 100s of kilometres border with Benue State. Our vigilantee are working but there is not much they can do. The herders are armed with AK-47 rifles.
“The man they (herders) butchered that was brought to Parklane hospital was rejected. As we speak, doctors are battling to save him at a private hospital where a whooping N3m is demanded to even commence treatment. So, you can see the severity.”
It should be recalled that suspected herdsmen militias under President Muhammadu Buhari, had sacked over 20 farm settlements in Eha-Amufu communities and killed no less than 123 locals between 2019 and 2022, during clashes over farm destruction.
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