Numerous Casualties Reported in Suspected Herdsmen Attack on Ebonyi Community

Suspected herdsmen have okay!lled unknown variety of folks in Amegu Nkalaha group within the Ishielu Native Authorities Space of Ebonyi State.

The assailants who attacked the group within the early hours of Sunday, February 2, 2025, additionally burned quite a few homes.

Spokesperson of the Ebonyi State Police Command, SP Joshua Ukandu, confirmed the assault to Channels Tv, stating that police have deployed operatives to the world.

Whereas confirming the assault, Ukandu famous that the variety of casualties continues to be being investigated.

“Sure, an assault occurred and police are responding to the scenario. The command continues to be working to find out the exact variety of folks okay!lled within the incident,” he mentioned.

The chairperson of Ishielu native authorities space, Ifeoma Agwu, additionally confirmed the assault, including that the method of recovering our bodies and taking them to the morgue is ongoing, making it troublesome to find out the precise variety of fatalities in the mean time.

“We’re taking the victims’ our bodies to the mortuary proper now. I can’t discuss a lot on it now. We are going to give extra particulars later,” she acknowledged.

Whereas the motive for the assault stays underneath investigation, some residents steered that it might be related to the latest killing of cows belonging to herdsmen within the space.

A group member, talking on situation of anonymity, claimed that the cows had been okay!lled by members of the Japanese Safety Community (ESN) within the forest.

The supply additionally acknowledged that there was pressure locally following the okay!lling of the cows, and that stakeholders have been working to stop retaliatory assaults.