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Ndubuisi, an only child of a widowed mother, was shot and killed on February 28, 2025, while assisting his mother to harvest cassava on their farm.

A 29-year-old student, Donatus Ndubuisi, who was brutally killed by Fulani herdsmen in Amofia Umuhu Eha-Amufu, Enugu State, has been laid to rest.

The funeral ceremony was marked by tears and anguish.

Ndubuisi, an only child of a widowed mother, was shot and killed on February 28, 2025, while assisting his mother to harvest cassava on their farm.

His father had also been killed by Fulani herdsmen in the community.

Ndubuisi, a student at the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) and a Solar Energy technician, was said to have gone to see his mother from Enugu State capital where he was studying.

Unfortunately, when he got home, that very fateful day and found that the mother had gone to farm in their farm settlement to harvest cassava.

Family sources told SaharaReporters that Ndubuisi, fondly called 'Ofunwa' only child decided to go to the farm to help the mother harvest cassava to enable him to comeback and return to Enugu where he was studying as only came to see his mother and know how she was fairing.

While working on the farm, the source said they were ambushed by Fulani herdsmen, who shot and killed Ndubuisi.

The victim's father had also been killed by Fulani herdsmen in the community, leaving his mother a widow. Ndubuisi was the only child of the widow.

Confirming the incident, a community leader, Samuel Ede, told SaharaReporters that the murder of the promising young boy was the height of the carnage that has been going on in Eha-Amufu since 2021 when the former President Muhammadu Buhari unleashed his kinsmen to terrorise the southern Nigeria.

"The boy, Donatus Ndubuisi, is studying here in Enugu and also working as Solar Energy technician. So he went to his village, Amofia Umuhu Eha-Amufu.

On his arrival he discovered that the mother had gone to their farm to harvest cassava. So, he decided to go to the farm to assist the mother harvest the cassava.

He was harvesting the cassava with his mother when some Fulani herdsmen invaded the place.

"So they started running and they shot him at back and killed him. Unfortunately, the boy is the only son and only child of the widow. His father has died and from information his father was also killed by same Fulani herdsmen in the community."

SaharaReporters gathered that the killing of Ndubuisi led to the heart-wrenching protest that erupted in Eha-Amufu, on Thursday, as thousands of women from seven autonomous communities took to the streets to condemn the killing of Ndubuisi, by Fulani herdsmen and also demonstrate against the senseless violence.

The protest coincided with the burial of her son, Donatus Ndubuisi, who was laid to rest amidst tears and anguish on Friday.

SaharaReporters had reported on penultimate Tuesday that women of Eha-Ohala comprising Mgbuji Umujove and Abor autonomous communities protested against incessant herdsmen attacks and killings sacking about 28 farm settlements in the communities.

Shortly after the protest, the Council chairman of Isi-Uzu LGA, Mr Obiora Obeagu took to his social media handles to brand the protest as sponsored by opposition to malign Gov Peter Mbah of Enugu State. He maintained in his post that nobody was killed by Fulani herdsmen in the community.

On Thursday, the entire women of Eha-Amufu comprising seven autonomous communities with over 29 villages took to the street to protest against the gruesome murder of their children and rape of their women.

They branded the chairman of the Council of profiting from their blood.

The protest by the women of Eha-Amufu is a call for justice and an end to the violence perpetrated by Fulani herdsmen in the community.

Charleys:
Why are Igbo women having one child?
Simple question.
Why will you not want a brother or a sister to play with him?

This is wickedness on the mother side because it's not like she is barren.

zero8zero:
These same people are the herdsmen killing people everywhere, same people are the bandits terrorizing people in communities and farms, same people are the kidnappers Kidnapping people for ransom. Haha!!!
My only concern is ipob who have made it difficult to separate their activities from these herdsmen. How can your people be suffering from both external and internal aggressions at the same time?.
But you can't blame President Tinubu, he can only equip the military and task them to eliminate these killers. He can't ask them to shoot at sight like it was done in Ghana. The ethnic sentiments in Nigeria makes it difficult to give a shoot at sight order. In Ghana, Fulani are strangers , they don't have any historical ties with Ghana, so it was easy but in Nigeria, there will be chaos if the President gave such an order. Remember, that when the President wanted to move ECOWAS troops into Niger Republic, there was so much uproar because of ethics and religious affinity that the President had to reverse.. This acts of wickedness has to stop.
I was thinking that as soon as the President creates the ministry of livestock, they will down tools and embrace peace but it seems they are even more unrelenting. Now that the President has appointed Prof Jega a special adviser on livestock and there have been some foreign investments to develop the livestock sector in the country, let's see what would happen.

mrvitalis:
I remember when last year Enugu governor was loud about chasing ESN out of Enugu...

For the Igbos that was against ESN... We are now gradually getting back to why ESN was formed In the first place

For 5 years South East had the lowest Fulani attack...

People said ESN kidnapped them and told them they were ESN like cant you see the obvious manipulation ... They turned majority of igbos against ESN... Weakened them... Now Fulani attacks everywhere

Someone tell governor Mbah to end Fulani attacks the way he ended sit at home ooh

Abube ago has never arrested or killed one herdsman none

Igbos where supposed to be wiser and smarter than this

Ndi Igbos you were played.. The aim is to prevent you from going home for Christmas
Early this year they brought out people to tell you it's a waste to build mansions in the village

Igbos fell for the trick of her enemies now this is the consequences... Now watch those people that called for an end to ESN mock you over Fulani attack

Mbanda:
Hmmm.. this is exactly the reason why I see people like ojiofor as ndi eriri eri.

mrvitalis:
I remember when last year Enugu governor was loud about chasing ESN out of Enugu...

For the Igbos that was against ESN... We are now gradually getting back to why ESN was formed In the first place

For 5 years South East had the lowest Fulani attack...

People said ESN kidnapped them and told them they were ESN like cant you see the obvious manipulation ... They turned majority of igbos against ESN... Weakened them... Now Fulani attacks everywhere

Someone tell governor Mbah to end Fulani attacks the way he ended sit at home ooh

Abube ago has never arrested or killed one herdsman none

Igbos where supposed to be wiser and smarter than this

Ndi Igbos you were played.. The aim is to prevent you from going home for Christmas
Early this year they brought out people to tell you it's a waste to build mansions in the village

Igbos fell for the trick of her enemies now this is the consequences... Now watch those people that called for an end to ESN mock you over Fulani attack

zero8zero:
These same people are the herdsmen killing people everywhere, same people are the bandits terrorizing people in communities and farms, same people are the kidnappers Kidnapping people for ransom. Haha!!!
My only concern is ipob who have made it difficult to separate their activities from these herdsmen. How can your people be suffering from both external and internal aggressions at the same time?.
But you can't blame President Tinubu, he can only equip the military and task them to eliminate these killers. He can't ask them to shoot at sight like it was done in Ghana. The ethnic sentiments in Nigeria makes it difficult to give a shoot at sight order. In Ghana, Fulani are strangers , they don't have any historical ties with Ghana, so it was easy but in Nigeria, there will be chaos if the President gave such an order. Remember, that when the President wanted to move ECOWAS troops into Niger Republic, there was so much uproar because of ethics and religious affinity that the President had to reverse.. This acts of wickedness has to stop.
I was thinking that as soon as the President creates the ministry of livestock, they will down tools and embrace peace but it seems they are even more unrelenting. Now that the President has appointed Prof Jega a special adviser on livestock and there have been some foreign investments to develop the livestock sector in the country, let's see what would happen.

zero8zero:
ESN are terrorists, don't promote terrorism here if you will be sounding exactly like Gunmi who is also giving excuses for herdsmen.

mrvitalis:
I remember when last year Enugu governor was loud about chasing ESN out of Enugu...

For the Igbos that was against ESN... We are now gradually getting back to why ESN was formed In the first place

For 5 years South East had the lowest Fulani attack...

People said ESN kidnapped them and told them they were ESN like cant you see the obvious manipulation ... They turned majority of igbos against ESN... Weakened them... Now Fulani attacks everywhere

Someone tell governor Mbah to end Fulani attacks the way he ended sit at home ooh

Abube ago has never arrested or killed one herdsman none

Igbos where supposed to be wiser and smarter than this

Ndi Igbos you were played.. The aim is to prevent you from going home for Christmas
Early this year they brought out people to tell you it's a waste to build mansions in the village

Igbos fell for the trick of her enemies now this is the consequences... Now watch those people that called for an end to ESN mock you over Fulani attack

mrvitalis:
ESN are terrorists... But civilian JTF are not abi?
Lmaooo

zero8zero:
Civilian Joint task force are recognized by the Government. Can't you see the name?. They work hand in hand with the military. Who formed ESN?, who gave him the authorization?, which Governor of SE recognized it?. Same thing that landed Bello Bodejo in DSS custody for forming Fulani vigilantes and arming them.

owobokiri:
Yaba left candidate.
What concerns IPOB with this?
How many igbos living in the south-east have come out to tell you that IPOB is the one killing them?
The governor of Enugu state hates IPOB and ESN more than Tinubu and Buhari combined. Let him go to this kids bereaved mother and tell her that "One Nigeria" is the way..

The problem with you agbadorian mutants us that you think that there are any reasonable people in this country that genuinely beleive your wacky stories about IPOB and co. You lot live in a fools paradise.. Totally oblivious of reality.

Fact is that It's easier to accuse the government of having a hand in the mayhem going on in certain parts of the east than to accuse IPOB. The reason is very simple: why would IPOB or ESN kill an only child helping his mother to harvest casava in the Bush? For what purposes? To achieve what? These are acts of sacrilege in the east, and only non igbos will find pleasure doing so in the east..

So you can shout ESN and IPOB from now till the end of tinubus epileptic presidency, it changes nada...., folks know the truth.. And the reuth about those behind all these killings will be made public someday.

Charleys:
Why are Igbo women having one child?
Simple question.
Why will you not want a brother or a sister to play with him?

This is wickedness on the mother side because it's not like she is barren.

gidgiddy:
Of course your only concern would be OPOB, you online APC miscreants only remember insecurity, only to mention IPOB.

Of course nobody can blame Tinubu, he is just President and commander in chief, why would anyone blame him?


These APC people are a huge embarrassment to the world

helinues:
I don't understand. They were in the farm and the Fulani herdsmen just went there to kill the guy?