Gunmen Storm Enugu Community, Kidnap 15 Residents
Gunmen suspected to be Fulani militia on Monday reportedly raided Mgbuji Eha-Amufu, a community in the Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of Enugu State and whisked away at least fifteen people.
Reports made available to newsmen said the assailants stormed the community at about 7:00 am on Monday morning and abducted their victims along Mgbuji-Agu road within Mgbuji.
It was gathered that the residents were abducted on their farmlands.
A resident of the community who gave his name as Onyekachi Odo said that some of the villagers were heading to their farms with tricycles when they were intercepted by the gun-wielding terrorists.
The spokesman for Mgbuji Community, Chijioke Ogbodo told newsmen that the community was raided this morning, and urged the government to immediately address the issue of insecurity in the state.
“Since they (Fulani militias) started attacking our community, neither the police nor the military had arrested any of the terrorists.
“We received the information on the attack this morning. We called all the security agents deployed to Eha-Amufu, but unfortunately, they didn’t respond to our distress calls. This is our tragedy,” Ogbodo said.
He also urged the government to act swiftly to rescue the victims, whom he said, their only offence was going to their farms to get what they would eat.
