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Herdsmen Killings: Ebonyi Community Residents Narrate How Army Personnel Seized Their Phones, Stopped Taking Of Videos
Herdsmen Killings: Ebonyi Community Residents Narrate How Army Personnel Seized Their Phones, Stopped Taking Of Videos
February 4, 2025
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SaharaReporters had reported on Monday that at least 16 residents were gruesomely slaughtered in the attack which took place on Sunday morning, with at least 25 hours razed completely.

Residents of Amegu Nkalaha Community have accused the Nigerian military and the police of complicity in the Fulani herdsmen attack, alleging that they were warned not to leave the community on Saturday, only for the attackers to strike the next day without any intervention from security forces.

They also noted that the soldiers after the attack, returned and seized their phones, prevented them from documenting the carnage and alerting the world.

SaharaReporters had reported on Monday that at least 16 residents were gruesomely slaughtered in the attack which took place on Sunday morning, with at least 25 hours razed completely.

Eyewitnesses described how the attackers struck on Sunday while residents were in church, burning houses and yam barns, and slitting the throats of some victims. Others were shot dead.

One resident, Simon Edeze, claimed that soldiers seized phones from community members who were documenting the aftermath of the attack, threatening to destroy their homes if they saw any videos or pictures of the carnage.

"Worse still, when they came the soldiers seized the phone of our people who were making videos and threatened that if they see it videos of the carnage and pictures of the destruction they will comeback and destroy them," Simon Edeze, whose phone was seized, narrated.

According to him, "After they carried 10 corpses our people recovered including a retired policeman namely Mr James Ogbu, from different locations they were slaughtered, the soldiers returned and handed back the phones seized from the people."

The community also criticised the deputy governor of Ebonyi, Mrs. Patricia Obila, for allegedly ordering mass arrests in the community and accusing residents of killing cows belonging to Fulani herdsmen, without visiting the community to condole with the victims' families.

"Even the deputy governor of Ebonyi, Mrs Patricia Obila, was the one telling the police that they should go for mass arrest in our community, accusing our people of killing cows belonging to the Fulani herdsmen. Till now, she hasn't visited the community."

Residents expressed frustration that the government only responds when cows are killed, but remains silent when their farms and crops are destroyed by the same cows.

This accusations is not from the truth, army are found of doing these things

This Accusations against our Military is Absurd🤨😠 I know it's a big LIE

If you want ro get to herdsmen, you will pass through the army - Nnamdi Kanu.

This is exactly what we have been saying all along.

The army is herdsmen,the herdsmen is army,know this know peace

Nigeria terrorists in uniform can do that.



They are always against anyone fighting terrorists fulanis herdmen.

Tranquillity360:
Nigeria terrorists in uniform can do that.



They are always against anyone fighting terrorists fulanis herdmen.

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Bookhub:
The army is herdsmen,the herdsmen is army,know this know peace

Macphenson:
If you want ro get to herdsmen, you will pass through the army - Nnamdi Kanu.

This is exactly what we have been saying all along.

The way you guys believe any random negative reports is shocking

It means you're so light-standing that any baga can cook up any shit to sway you either side


The accused Armies are Igbos, If this news is true, your biggest worry should be how easily your brothers can be made to do compromising things to the detriment of the entire tribe

This type of massacre shouldn't happen under president Tinubu he should fish out the killers and make them face justice.

EmperorCaesar:
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The way you guys believe any random negative reports is shocking

It means you're so light-standing that any baga can cook up any shit to sway you either side


The accused Armies are Igbos, If this news is true, your biggest worry should be how easily your brothers can be made to do compromising things to the detriment of the entire tribe

Which one is the accused armies are Igbos.


Do you get sense at all?

When did your government start sending Igbos soldiers to East.
And I thought your soldiers obey and take orders from Abuja.


Tell us have your terrorists Nigeria soldiers ever arrested one single fulanis herdmen in south East, talk more of killing one?

But they always go after those fighting the terrorists fulanis herdmen.



What does that tell?

Someone should inform tinubu the denger fulani terrorist want to bring to his government, the useless governor should be remov immediately she is a coward.

Hold your brothers the IPOB/ESN who are the known killers in the South East.
Otherwise you must prove to accuse nonexistent Herdsmen for killings.

The Nigerian Army is still fighting the civil war, though tacitly

EmperorCaesar:
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The way you guys believe any random negative reports is shocking

It means you're so light-standing that any baga can cook up any shit to sway you either side


The accused Armies are Igbos, If this news is true, your biggest worry should be how easily your brothers can be made to do compromising things to the detriment of the entire tribe

And your truth is that the soldiers are igbo, ? Can we have the list of those solder's names and their hometowns in igboland?

Everfrank:
Hold your brothers the IPOB/ESN who are the known killers in the South East.
Otherwise you must prove to accuse nonexistent Herdsmen for killings.

Ipob-/ESN known killers , do you have evidence to back it up?

Muslim Muslim ticket is telling on Nigerians.
Don't let anyone f@@l you, the Fulani agenda is still very much alive.
Soon their jihadist shari'a courts will be forced in Yoruba Land. Forget about the geographical grammar calling it SOUTH WEST.
This morning there was a massive protest in Egbo Kokori Community in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta state of Herdsmen raping their women in the farm and killing their men and destroying their farm crops.
What a shame that a dirty and smelling Fulani man will escort cow to the South, and rape a woman and go back alive. Our Leader's failed it's people.
You can't try that nonsense in Bauchi State.
You can't even toast a Fulani woman openly not to talk of raping a Fulani woman and that person still have his neck on top his shoulder's.
Your President does not care about if NIGERIANS die all live.
All he cares right now is how to win in 2027 and make his son the Governor of Lagos State.
When you refused a wise warning, this is the consequences.

Communal clash involving outsiders to do their work for them

Government sponsored terrorism.

EmperorCaesar:
The way you guys believe any random negative reports is shocking

It means you're so light-standing that any baga can cook up any shit to sway you either side


The accused Armies are Igbos, If this news is true, your biggest worry should be how easily your brothers can be made to do compromising things to the detriment of the entire tribe

Nigerian army is not a tribe. Your low IQ is making it a tribal thing.

Babablu bulabu.

Repented terrorists whom were enrolled into the zoo army just to cause havoc .

Gudu gudu army indeed

Why them sef go kill people cows
Them cherish those cow like na their siblings and Una go kill dem chop.

Romancing with apc at the federal level always contribute to shits like this, the mumu governor will find it difficult to attack his ogas

Sahara Reporters are notorious for telling lies.