Ebonyi Community Laments Gruesome Murder Of Female Vigilante, Police Officer, Others In Ngboejeogu Within Few Weeks,
Ohaukwu LGA Chairman
The Amalgamated Ngboejeogu Youth in Ohaukwu local government area of Ebonyi State has described as worrisome, the recent gunmen attack at Ngbo Court that led to the gruesome murder of a female security personnel and a similar attack along Ezzamgbo-Ngbo road where a police officer was shot dead and set ablaze.
The group in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Mr. George Umeh and made available to Journalists expressed the regret that a POS Operator was similarly brutally murder at his residence in Onu-Orie Izhia.
The group noted that the attack on the Hotel of the Local Government Chairman coming few days after similar attack was reported at Hilltop road in Abakaliki raises much concern and fear.
“For the attack to have occured few weeks after the attacks at Ngbo Court where a woman security personnel was gruesomely murdered, another one along Ezzamgbo-Ngbo road where a police officer was shot dead and set ablaze and the heartless killing of Louis, a POS operator at his residence, Onu-Orie Izhia makes this recent attack more worrisome.
“We strongly condemn this bloody attacks in its entirety and call on those whose stock in trade is to continually keep the society in panic by attacking institutions and individuals with guns and other dangerous weapons, to drop their guns and allow peace to reign.
“The courage mustered by the hoodlums this time to invade and attack a hotel belonging to the Chief Security Officer of the Local Government, is a clear indication that we are all at equal risks. Nobody is free.
The group called for an urgent and coordinated intelligent investigation as well as surveillance that will lead to quick arrest of the hoodlums adding that it will bring about normalcy to the community.
“A situation where the criminals invaded the hotel located at the centre of the Local Government headquarters, operated freely for up to an hour as reported by eye witnesses and left the scene of operation successfully unhurt and unchallenged is a big pointer to a bigger problem than we know it.
“We call on the security agencies to activate a rapid response to incidences of this nature and show more presence in the Council as we also call on all stakeholders to rise up to the occasion especially as it is now clear that the hoodlums have no sacred cows.
The group called for public condemnation of cultism, bloodshed and other vices in the community in order to get rid of the menace of incessant attacks and killings.
