Amnesty International identifies group terrorising residents in Nigeria’s South-east
The Amnesty International Nigeria, has disclosed that it has uncovered a particular group of gunmen terrorising residents of Nigeria’s South-East.
Penpushing reports that the human rights body, made this known in a statement posted on its X handle explaining that the group, otherwise known as “unknown gunmen”, often refer to themselves as “Umu Oma’, an Igbo expression which simply means the “good ones.”
The Amnesty stated that ‘Umu Oma’ gunmen usually invade communities – moving from house to house – in search of weapons, and they attack vigilante offices and take away arms, adding that in each home they broke into, they tied up every adult male, assaulted them with machetes and took their phones, cash and other valuables.
“Amnesty International’s research shows that the ‘Umu Oma’ gunmen usually invade communities – moving from house to house – in search of weapons. They attack vigilante offices and take away arms. In each home they broke into, they tied up every adult male, assaulted them with machetes and took their phones, cash and other valuables’, the statement read
Penpushing further reports that the body in the statement regretted that despite the atrocities often committed by the armed group against South-east residents, justice and adequate reparations have eluded victims of the violence.
The group, believed to be camping in communities in Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State, has carried several terror attacks, including killing of residents and razing of houses, while source said the group is said to be part Autopilot faction of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), founded by the now jailed Simon Ekpa, a controversial Biafra agitator.
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