Gunmen masquerading as herdsmen have allegedly abducted no fewer than 15 residents of Mgbuji Eha-Amufu Community in the Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of Enugu State on Monday. The victims were reportedly kidnapped at about 7:00am along Mgbuji-Agu road within Mgbuji town while they were going to their farms.
A resident of the community, who identified himself simply as Onyekachi Odo, told The Punch that some of the villagers, who were going to their farms with tricycles, were intercepted by gun-wielding terrorists numbering over 20, and abducted the victims to an unknown destination. Odo said, “Some of the victims, according to information reaching us, were picked on their farms.”
Spokesman for Mgbuji Community, Chijioke Ogbodo, confirmed the abduction on Monday. He decried the constant attack and abduction in the community by terrorists “while we have security agencies there doing nothing.
“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.”
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