Suspected herdsmen assault farmer in Ebonyi neighborhood (graphic photographs)

The incident occurred in Amaeze neighborhood in Ivo Native Authorities Space of the state on Sunday, Could 23.

Based on the Nation, the sufferer was attacked at a palm plantation locally the place he was working because the keeper.

Okeke is alleged to be from neighbouring Lol opa neighborhood in Ab?a State however was primarily based locally.

A supply locally, Egwu Chibueze, stated the alleged herdsmen had been terrorising the neighborhood for someday now.

Egwu stated earlier than the assault, the alleged herdsmen, numbering about 5, had been noticed within the night time round a quarry web site situated locally.

“Within the early hours of right now I received a name from the safety officer at Yitter Quarry situated on the former Setraco web site at Umbro Ajanyim,” he defined.

“He was complaining that he seen the motion of 5 herdsmen with riffles and matchets alongside the farm space as he got here out within the night time to go spherical the corporate.

Egwu stated he mobilised the youths and Police to go searching for the alleged herdsmen.

He stated that as they have been heading in direction of the manufacturing unit, they noticed two boys getting back from farm with palm nuts on their heads who instructed them they only noticed the boys coming into the neighborhood.

The supply stated once they moved in direction of the situation the place they have been final seen, the  stated males began operating whereas firing within the air to scare the villagers away.

He stated the boys bumped into Nkemjika at a palm plantation and attacked him with their matchets.

“Once we received there we noticed that the herdsmen had attacked two males who got here to hold palm nuts from the farm and so they butchered one Mr Okeke Nkemjika the farm settlement keeper from Lokpa,” he defined.

“Seeing what they’d carried out to that man we divided ourselves into two. I joined some police males with one in all their van in shifting to a hospital at Awgu (neighbouring city in Enugu State) in order that we are able to save the lifetime of the person.”

The sufferer, who acquired deep matchet lower wounds on his again and arm, is receiving therapy within the hospital.

Confirming the assault, chairman of the Council, Onyebuchi Ogbadu, stated there was no proof that the attackers are herdsmen as none of them have been arrested.

“Sure, the incident occurred. The person is in hospital receiving therapy and we pray he survive. Nevertheless, there isn’t any concrete proof that the attackers are herdsmen till investigation is concluded,” he added.

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