GUNMEN KILL TEN PERSONS, FOUR MISSING IN EBONYI COMMUNITY

The Council boss told the Deputy Governor that before the weekend attack, four other travellers embarking on a trip to Effium from neighbouring Enugu State for a burial ceremony also went missing in the area on August 27

Penpushing further reports that, Igwe said the victims were among 30 persons travelling for the ceremony when they had an accident at Resthouse junction along Enugu-Abakaliki Expressway, adding that the injured were taken to Ezzamgbo General Hospital for treatment.

The Chairman said the four victims had earlier left for the journey ahead of  the other 26, who later noticed a roadblock at Agbaesa in Mgbo where some youth tried to intercept them, adding that they managed to bulldoze their way through the roadblock and got to the burial.

Penpushing also reports that, Odah  said the whereabout of the missing four person, was yet unknown, as at the time of filing this report, lamenting that while the council and stakeholders were trying to investigate the matter in conjunction with security agencies, Ukwuagba Community in Mgbo was attacked on Saturday night.

Hear him, “yesterday, Ukwagba community in Mgbo was attacked and nine persons were killed and later another person died. They were massacred in their homes,”

The Deputy Governor, while reacting, frowned at the fresh violence and threatened to arrest and imprison anyone in the area found complicit in the matter, and gave stakeholders of the area 24 hours to produce the killers of the 10 people and the missing persons in the area.

“I am very embittered in my spirit. The first civilian governor from this state and the grandfather of Ebonyi State is from this local government area. And right inside here, I can see about seven past local government area chairmen;, he said.

“It is a shame on all of you. We did not come to paint pictures or clap for you. Do not deceive the government. It is pure falsehood, you know what is happening to yourselves, you are killing yourselves;, Igwe declared.

“You should know people who are causing trouble in your domain. The traditional rulers should be able to fish out people who are causing trouble. We have not come with the message of comfort but to sound a note of warning’.

“We are tired of hearing sentimental stories of what is happening in Ohaukwu. What we want is action. Some people wrote an undertaking to the government. Most of you are here and for those who are not part of it, we will make you part of it. Because they had agreed that if anything as tragic as this happens in Ohaukwu again we should hold them responsible’.

“All the people that signed that undertaking must produce those people that killed and those that waylaid the people going to Effium. You can set up a vigilante to do that. Enough is enough. We must stop playing games,” he

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