Ohanaeze Ndigbo condemns attacks as militants kill police officer in C’River

National leader of Ohanaeze Ndigbo youth wing, Arthur Obiorah Uchena, has condemned the killing of six farmers at Mmiata Anam in Anambra West Local Government Area of Anambra State.

Obiorah lamented that those attacked were youths who died in their prime, while their hunters have been living without being prosecuted.

The group tasked South-East governors to act in one voice to condemn and checkmate herdsmen invasion of farmers in Mmiata Anam, describing the attack as a dastardly act.

Also, herders killed no fewer than two persons at Iyemero-Ekiti and injured three other persons during an attack at Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti State yesterday.

The assailants invaded a farmstead at midnight in Eda, one of the communities under Iyemero town.

Eyewitness identified one of the deceased as Danjuma Ali, a farmer, while the identity of the second person, whose remain had been deposited at the Ikole-Ekiti General Hospital morgue, could not be ascertained at press time.

The Olu of Eyemero, Oba Ogungbemi and Olu-In-Council, restated their calls for establishment of a police station in the town to curb the incessant attacks.

When contacted, the PPRO of Ekiti Command, DSP Caleb Ikechukwu, said he has not been briefed on the incident.

Meanwhile, unknown gunmen suspected to be militants in Bakassi Local Government area of Cross River State shot a Police Constable on duty at Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Office in Bakassi.

When contacted, the state PPRO, DSP Irene Ugbo, confirmed the incident, saying the Police Officer was on duty when the suspected militants shot him.