Suspected herdsmen on Monday grisly murdered the father of the Ohaneze Ndigbo youth chairman, Aja Okeafor, on his farm in Ebonyi State.<\/p>\n
Okeafor was reportedly slaughtered after the suspects had killed an INEC staff and kidnapping his wife along the Ishiagu-Mpu road in the south east state. <\/p>\n
Demian Okeafor, leader of Ohaneze Ndigbo youth, announced the development in an interview with journalists in Abakaliki, the capital of Ebonyi State.<\/p>\n
He recounted, \u201cI was at home after church service when I received a call that my father had been murdered by suspected herdsmen. I tried to rush there but couldn\u2019t make it in time. Later, I went to the police station with my younger brother, who was already on-site, and it was confirmed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was an attack on the Ishiagu-Mpu road, which leads to the Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway. The attackers shot an INEC staff and kidnapped his wife before fleeing into the nearby bush. While in the bush, they encountered my father, who was planting yams on his farm. In order to prevent my father from disclosing their location, they brutally dismembered him. It was a horrific sight, and I was unable to drive. Today, I went to the mortuary to confirm it myself.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe urgently need the government\u2019s assistance because we are helpless. The latest information we have received is that three deaths were recorded during the attack: the INEC staff, my father, and another man from the Akaeze community.\u201d<\/p>\n
Confirming the incident, Emmanuel Ajah, the Chairman of Ivo Local Government Area, stated that is attention was drawn to the incident when it occurred.<\/p>\n
He immediately mobilized his men and security operatives, who conducted a thorough search of the bush and discovered that the father of the Ohaneze youth leader, Demian Okeafor, had been brutally killed by the suspected Fulani herders.<\/p>\n
Ajah explained, \u201cAfter killing the INEC staff, the Fulani herders dragged his wife into the bush. While entering the bush, they encountered this elderly man on his farmland. They struck him on the head with an Indian bamboo stick and then used a knife to cut him up like a cow.\u201d<\/p>\n
The council chairman, Ajah, further mentioned that he had mobilized the military, police, and his team to comb the bush in search of the abducted INEC staff. He assured the public that they would not rest until the woman was safely rescued.<\/p>\n
He also disclosed that the suspected Fulani herders, who had allegedly abducted the woman, demanded for a huge ransom. He noted that the security agencies, along with his team, were working assiduously to rescue the woman unharmed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Suspected herdsmen on Monday grisly murdered the father of the Ohaneze Ndigbo youth chairman, Aja Okeafor, on his farm in Ebonyi State. Okeafor was reportedly slaughtered after the suspects had killed an INEC staff and kidnapping his wife along the Ishiagu-Mpu road in the south east state. Demian Okeafor, leader of Ohaneze Ndigbo youth, announced […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":187621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"2","single_blog_custom":"211693","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"0","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"0","show_prev_next_post":"0","show_popup_post":"0","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":{"override_bookmark_button":"0","override_show_bookmark_button":"0"},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[715,421,101,4557],"class_list":["post-275235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-ebonyi","tag-herdsmen","tag-inec","tag-ndigbo"],"yoast_head":"\n