Gun Men Kill Two, Terrorize Akpanya, Unadu, Alor Agu, Aguibeje And Iyionu Communities

Gun Men Kill Two, Terrorize Akpanya, Unadu, Alor Agu, Aguibeje And Iyionu Communities

Recently, The Starlite Newspapers Did A Story On The Harsh Ordeals Experienced By Some Neighbouring Communities At The Boundaries Between Enugu And Kogi States Owing To The Deplorable Conditions Of The Roads In Those Areas. Today, These Communities Are Faced With The Menace Of Criminals Who Go About Killing, Robbing And Kidnapping People Unchallenged By The Security Agencies.

Not Minding The SOS Sent Out To Security Agencies In The Area, The Gun Men Who Operate Between Ogrute, Aguibeje, Alor Agu, Unadu In Enugu State And Akpanya In Kogi State Have Continued To Unleash Mayhem On The Residents Of These Communities. Apart From The Criminals Who Operate Along These Corridors, Herdsmen From The Kogi State Axis Have Over Run A Section Of Unadu Community Forcing Them To Abandon Their Ancestral Homes And Farm Lands. Efforts To Get The Government In Igbo Eze South As Well As The Security Agencies To Respond To The Cries Of The Residents Of The Affected Communities Have Yielded No Results.

Precisely On Sunday July 17, 2022, This Band Of Criminals Believed To Have Been The Brains Behind The Attacks On INEC Office At Ogrute Moved Unchallenged To Orie Akpanya In Kogi State And Attacked Traders As Well As Cattle Sellers. In The Process, They Robbed The Traders Of Their Money, Wares Especially Food Items And Killed Two Persons Leaving One Critically Wounded.

After The Operation, The Criminals Who Were In Their Numbers Riding On Motorbikes While Wielding Their AK-47 Rifles In The Air Took Off Through Unadu Commuity To Alor Agu Where They Also Kidnapped Mr. Eji having Beaten other Men To Pulp. One Of The Men Who Had The Beating Of His Life Simply Identified As Mr. Onah Said He Was Standing along The Road With Mr. Eji And Two Other Men When The Boys Arrived On Their Bikes.

He Said: “When They Arrived, They Started Asking Us Of What We Do For A Living. Eji Told Them That He Is A Civil Servant With one of the Minitries in the State And They Retorted; So You Work For The Government And The Road To Your Community Is In This Deplorable State. They Commanded Him To Mount One Of The Bikes. I Tried To Beg Them Not To Take Him Away And That Was The Beginning Of My Trouble. They All Descended On Me Until I Became Unconscious. At That Point I Didn’t Know What Happened Next”.

Recounting His Ordeal After He Was Released, Eji Said The Gang Took Him Away But On Getting To Somewhere Close To Aguibeje Community In Igbo Eze North LG, They Searched him Thoroughly And Collected All his Money Before Dropping him off. “It Was a Terrible Experience. These Criminal Gangs Are Allowed To Raid Our Markets Without The Intervention Of Security Agencies. I Was Told That On Market Days, They Go To The Markets To Rob Traders Of Their Wares And Food Stuffs”. Recently At Eke Ozzi Market, The Boys Came To The Market In  broad Day Light And Made Away With Food Items Stolen From The Traders While Shooting Into The Air. They Have Robbed Traders At Afor Unadu Market. Today, They Moved To Orie Akpanya In Kogi State And After Robbing The Traders, Killed Two Persons For No Reason”.

The Starlite Gathered That The Band Of Criminals Were Responsible For All The Attacks That Have Been Taking Place In Igbo Eze North Local Government Area And With The Coming In Of Soldiers Who Had Been Enforcing The Curfew Put In Place By The Enugu State Government, They Relocated To The Forests At The Fringes Of Igbo Eze South LG In Enugu State And Some Parts Of Kogi State. Dependable Sources Told The Starlite Newspapers That Because Of The Curfew In Igbo Eze North, The Criminals Left The Area And Occasionally Come In To Attack And Retreat To The Forests.

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