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Gunmen Kill Enugu Monarch by Nobody: 2:53pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
A royal father and three other
persons, including a married
couple, were killed during an
attack by yet to be identified
gunmen in Nkerefi, a town in
the Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu
State, in the early hours of
Saturday. It was gathered that the
traditional ruler of Isienu
Amofu, a community in Nkerefi,
Igwe Peter Onuoha, who was
killed in the incident, was the
prime target of the attack. But a native of the community,
one Daniel Ogbu, alias Choco,
also died in the attack,
alongside a married couple,
identified as Ejike Uzor and his
wife, Evelyn Uzor. Eyewitnesses disclosed that the
victims had several machete
cuts on their bodies, as well as
bullet wounds. Some other natives of the
community were also injured
during the attack. Our correspondent gathered
that the gunmen stormed the
Igwe’s palace under the cover
of darkness. It was learnt that they
continued shooting in all
directions all through the
operation. It was equally gathered that
most of those who sustained
injuries were hit by stray
bullets. A native of the community,
who refused to disclose his
name, said residents of the
community, particularly those
living close to the Igwe’s
palace, fled their homes as the noise of the sporadic gunshots
rent the air. He noted that those who
sustained bullet wounds were
hit by stray bullets when they
fled the comfort of their homes
during the attack. The source added that the
couple, who were killed in the
attack, may equally be victims
of stray bullets, although he
admitted that it was strange
that they were also inflicted with machete cuts. However, he disclosed that, by
the time the shooting stopped,
the dead body of the traditional
ruler was discovered in the
palace. The bodies of Choco, and the
married couple, were equally
discovered in different locations
as the villagers took stock of
what had happened. Members of the community, as
well as the police, who said it
has commenced investigations,
are yet to ascertain the reason
behind the bloody attack in the
village. But there are reports that the
assassinated royal father and
some youths in the community
recently had a bitter quarrel,
which was not resolved. According to the source, last
year, the youths took on the
Igwe after he made a spiritual
sacrifice in the community. The youths were reportedly
suspicious of the sacrifice,
which they believed was
carried out by the Igwe in order
to ‘tie’ or stop the progress of
members of the community. However, the Igwe had insisted
that the sacrifice was meant for
the protection of members of
his family. According to the source, “The
Igwe (royal father) and youths
in the village had problems last
year when the youths accused
him of retarding the progress of
the community through fetish practices but the Igwe told
them that the sacrifice he did
was purely for his protection
and that of his family members. “As a result of the development,
the youths forcefully uprooted
the royal father’s sign-board to
express their anger but the
community leaders condemned
the act and threatened to fish out and discipline the
concerned youths. “Some of the youths involved in
the protest fled the community
since then but I don’t know if
those youths have a hand in
this incident.” Meanwhile, the police has
vowed to arrest those behind
the attack. The Police Public Relations
Officer, Enugu State Police
Command, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu,
described the killings as
“unfortunate.” He said the police has
commenced investigations and
will not rest until the
perpetrators are apprehended. “The command is working
relentlessly to ensure that those
behind the alleged murder are
unmasked and brought to book. “Full scale investigations have
commenced into the incident,”
Amaraizu said. The bodies of the royal father
and the other victims have
been deposited at the morgue
of Eastern Nigeria Medical
Center, Enugu, and General
Hospital, Agbani, respectively. Amaraizu revealed that the
police have increased security
surveillance in the area in order
to forestall further breakdown
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