The Ubulu-Uku community in Aniocha South Local Government Area of the State has sent a save-our-souls to the Inspector-General of Police and the state Governor over seige of the community by herdsmen
The call was made following last Friday abduction of three of their children in a boundary between Ubulu-Uku and Isah -Ogwashi .
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One of them, a female, Awele Udeh, it was gathered, was kidnapped last Friday in company with two others, while two others escaped, Awele was not lucky as she was taken away by the kidnappers.
A youth leader from Ubulu-Uku, Paul Maduagwu, told Daily Sun that on the fateful Friday, the young Ubulu-Uku girl in her early twenties was reportedly kidnapped by gunmen between Ubulu-Uku and Isah-Ogwashi Road. The young lady from a family in Agbonta street in Ubulu-Uku was attacked alongside two other Ubulu-Uku youths who were in the same vehicle returning from a Bachelor’s party hosted in the community. They hoped to return for the wedding on Saturday, but this was not possible as they were attacked.
“Two persons escaped unhurt, but one person sustained very serious machete wounds. The kidnappers who are with the telephone of the female victim, have communicated the family of the young lady and have demanded for a N5 million ransom. The kidnappers who have Fulani accent threatened to kill the girl as at on Sunday if the ransom is not paid. The family members who were scared that their daughter may be killed raised the ransom which they handed over to the herdsmen at a location.
” The Herdsmen who were armed with sophisticated arms really waited in the location they demanded; collected the ransom and warned that they would come back again. As it is, the herders have turned out Community to their ATM. Anytime they are broke, they would just mount roadblock and pick passengers in any vehicle of their choice.
“We are appealing the Inspector-General of Police to prevail on the state commissioner of police, Mr. Hafiz Inuwa to do something about the incessant kidnapping on Isele-Uku/Ubulu-Uku road and Ogwashi-Uku /Ubulu-Uku Road. We want our Governor Senator Ifeanyi Okowa to step in and prevail on the CP to fish out the kidnappers. We were being killed on the Isle-Uku -Ubulu-Uku road, so we abandoned that route and decided to be following the Ogwashi-Uku road, the hoodlums have traced us to the place.
” Over five victims, including a medical doctor, Odozi and Chief Chikwe Ojinji have lost their lives while many were Injured by herdsmen. We are under siege and the government should not abandon us to our fate. We are hoping that the government should do something urgently because we are predominantly farmers and we can’t go to the farm any more as the Herdsmen have taken over our bushes and farmlands. We are afraid that there will soon be a scarcity of food in our area”.
