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Tension escalates in Nsukka as armed herdsmen terrorists wreak havoc on communities

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The security crisis engulfing Nsukka land in Enugu State has worsened drastically, leaving local communities devastated, fearful, and helpless.

Reports from residents indicate that heavily armed Fulani herdsmen, described by many as terrorists, have been carrying out coordinated attacks in various villages across the zone.

These attackers, often equipped with military-grade firearms such as AK-47 and AK-49 rifles, have outmatched villagers who are left with no means of effective defense.

Local sources confirm to Diaspora digital media (DDM) that the assailants have not only destroyed homes and farmland but have also murdered scores of innocent civilians, mostly farmers and vulnerable women and children.

DDM also learned that over the past month, communities such as Eha-Amufu, Aku, and Adani have recorded more than 30 confirmed killings, with many victims ambushed on their way to farms or while fleeing at night.

Some bodies were discovered mutilated, with evidence of torture before death, creating deep psychological trauma among survivors.

In a particularly harrowing incident in Uzo Uwani Local Government Area, gunmen believed to be Fulani terrorists ambushed a group of local farmers, killing eight and injuring several others.

Farms were razed, properties destroyed, and those who escaped were forced to abandon their homes and seek refuge in nearby towns.

Comrade Nnaedozie Victor, a vocal activist and community mobilizer, has condemned the attacks and called for urgent federal intervention.

He expressed deep frustration over the lack of response from the Enugu State Government and the slow reaction of national security agencies.

He stressed how both the local, State and federal government, including the Council chairman, house of rep member representing the Constituency has paid def ear to this menace.

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According to him, he made seven calls in one day to the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, detailing the unfolding security breakdown in the zone.

He promised to continue calling every day and to accompany each call with a text report outlining the specific incidents of violence and killings.

Victor urged the youth of Nsukka to follow suit, encouraging them to place sustained civic pressure on security officials by sending messages and making at least one hundred missed calls to the IGP daily.

“We must act. Our senatorial zone is under siege,” Victor declared. “Silence will only worsen this tragedy.”

The failure of the state government to make meaningful interventions has, according to many residents, forced communities into despair.

Villagers say they feel abandoned and are calling for direct involvement from the federal government, military, and international human rights organizations.

The Proudly Nsukka platform, which Victor represents, is now mobilizing residents and the diaspora to amplify their voices and demand action.

Victor also shared the contact of the Inspector-General of Police to facilitate the mass outreach:

Contact: IGP Kayode Egbetokun – Phone: +234 802 290 8922

He warned that the current state of passive outrage must give way to coordinated civic action and advocacy.

“Do not assume you are safe because you haven’t been attacked yet,” he said. “The terror is spreading fast, and unless we act together, the entire zone may fall into silence and ruin.”

He emphasized that now is not the time for complacency, but a time to defend lives through lawful and strategic pressure.

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The situation in Nsukka is dire, and the cries of its people are growing louder by the day.

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Bandits abduct naval officer, family in Kaduna

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Banditry: Sokoto approves road construction to boost security

Residents of Kachia Local Government Area in Kaduna State are gripped with fear following the abduction of a naval officer and his family by armed bandits in the wee hours of Wednesday, August 20, 2025.

The attack, which occurred around 2am, saw the gunmen storm Unguwan Mission, targeting Seaman Olatunji Enoch, a 40-year-old naval officer attached to the Nigerian Navy Secondary Armament Training (NNSAT) in Kachia.

The attackers reportedly abducted Seaman Enoch alongside his 25-year-old wife, Margaret Olatunji, and their 13-year-old daughter, Hellen Bitrus.

Security analyst Zagazola Makama confirmed the incident, emphasizing that it highlights the escalating insecurity in Kaduna, where bandits have increasingly targeted both civilians and security personnel.

Security agencies have since launched a manhunt for the perpetrators, deploying cordon-and-search operations in nearby bushes and suspected hideouts.

Authorities have assured the public that efforts are underway to ensure the victims are rescued unharmed.

 

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Herdsmen slaughter mother, son, 2 others in fresh Benue attack

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A devastating attack shook Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State on Wednesday as suspected armed herdsmen launched a violent assault on two farming communities, Egwuma and Ogbai.

The attack, which occurred around midday, claimed the lives of four farmers, including a woman and her young son, leaving the community in shock and mourning.

Additionally, two residents remain missing, with search efforts ongoing to locate them.

Eyewitnesses recounted the horrifying events, describing how the attackers stormed the farmlands in large numbers, firing indiscriminately at farmers going about their daily work.

“They came in large numbers and started shooting at innocent people in their farms,” said a resident identified as Oglewu.

Another local source revealed that families have fled to nearby villages in search of safety, leaving both communities tense and deserted.

“As I speak, two farmers are still missing, and youths are searching for their bodies for burial,” the source added.

The Chairman of Agatu LGA, Melvin James, condemned the attack, calling it “senseless and barbaric.”

He expressed disbelief at the unprovoked nature of the killings, saying: “How could people attack and kill a mother and her son who were working on their farm? This is an unprovoked attack on our people.”

James further explained that the incident occurred while security operatives were patrolling other parts of the council, highlighting the challenges posed by poor road infrastructure that often delays emergency responses.

Despite the efforts of security operatives to maintain peace in the area, James acknowledged that logistical challenges, such as bad roads, remain a significant obstacle.

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“The security operatives in Agatu have been doing their best, but the problem in my council is the bad roads”, he noted.

The attack has reignited fears among residents of Agatu, a region that has faced repeated waves of violence linked to herdsmen-farmer clashes.

It underscores the urgent need for strengthened security measures and improved infrastructure to protect vulnerable communities in Benue State.

 

 

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Security forces dislodge dreaded IPOB commanders’ from hideouts

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Troops raid IPOB hideout, capture fighter, fire arms

Combined security operatives have successfully dismantled the hideouts of “notorious commanders” of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its militant wing, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), in Imo State.

The operation, carried out on Monday in Ubaa, Umuaka—a volatile community in Njaba Local Government Area—was described as a significant victory by security forces.

According to Henry Okoye, Deputy Superintendent of Police and spokesman for the Imo State Police Command, the operation was a collaborative effort involving police officers and other unnamed security agencies.

Acting on a tip-off and confessional statements from two detained suspects, Uchenna Opara and Ozioma Ihedoro, security operatives moved in on the targeted location.

Upon arrival, the armed militants opened fire but were overwhelmed by the superior firepower of the operatives, forcing them to flee into nearby bushes, many sustaining gunshot wounds in the process.

The raid yielded a substantial cache of weapons and equipment, including two Biafra flags, one Point of Sale (POS) machine, an AK-47 rifle with three magazines, 40 rounds of live AK-47 ammunition, 60 rounds of live General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) ammunition, two pump-action guns, and 582 live cartridges.

Investigations are ongoing to track down the fleeing suspects, according to the police.

The Commissioner of Police in Imo State, Aboki Danjuma, has assured residents of their safety and urged them to remain vigilant.

He emphasized the importance of promptly reporting suspicious individuals, particularly those with gunshot injuries, to the authorities.

Danjuma also encouraged the use of designated emergency phone lines for quick responses to security concerns.

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IPOB, which advocates for the secession of South-east and parts of South-south Nigeria, has been linked to several violent attacks in the region.

However, the group has consistently denied involvement in such incidents, maintaining that it is committed to peaceful advocacy.

 

 

 

 

 

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Tension in Anambra community as senior police officer shoots kinsman dead

Colleagues, others try cover-up; victim's family fights back

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Late Mr. Chinedu Okoye, a.k.a. Captain was shot by a trigger-happy rogue officer of the Nigeria Police, SP. Obinna Anikwenze on Saturday, 2nd August, 2025, and died early Thursday morning, 14th August, 2025, at the Teaching Hospital Nnewi from the injuries sustained from the gunshot

The sleepy community of Alor, the country home of the immediate past Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, Idemili South Council of Anambra State, has been thrown into palpable tension as a senior police officer has reportedly shot dead one of his kinsmen.

The suspect, Obinna Anikwenze (SP), a senior officer serving in the State, was said to be notorious for the display of rascality, and unprofessional intimidation of kinsmen, neighbors and passers-bye during family, village and local community meetings with gun.

He was said to have fatally shot one Mr Chinedu Okoye, his cousin on August 2, 2025 during the community’s celebration of this year’s New Yam festival, for no apparent reason.

Problem was said to have started when Umuru-Ide community in Alor attempted to change their leadership due to what they called financial mismanagement, lack of transparency and and non-accountability.

“But Supol Obinna Anikwenze and his cohorts would not have such positive development in their community as he always attend the community meeting with a service pistol threatening to gun down anybody who dared oppose him having his way.

It was so notorious that even the President General of Alor had protested against the police officer in writing. Tl

He noted that his indiscriminate waving of gun at meetings have made it impossible for sincere contributions and inputs.

According to him, even to attend or freedom of speech had become a rare commodity within Umuru Ide village and Alor larger community because of this senior police officer frightening conduct.

“On August 6th, Anikwenze attended a pathfinding meeting with a pistol and hijacked proceedings. He allegedly ensured that the minutes of previous meeting was not read at all.

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He and his cohorts forcefully arrogated so much powers to themselves and eventually constituted themselves into the community’s “Elders’ Council”.

The Alor People’s Convention, the umbrella body for all the villages and quarters in the town that produced the likes of Dr Chris Ngige, the former Anambra State Governor and Minister, late Chief P.N Okeke, himself a former Commissioner, and late Chief Ben Anyachebelu (Ichie Oshimili), amongst numerous others, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP), the Assistant Inspector General (AIG) in charge of Zone 13, Ukpo, Anambra State and  the Anambra State Police Commissioner (CP) about the officer’s disturbing conduct.

Consequently the Alor People’s Convention, the umbrella body of the community under the leadership of Chief Emma Ojukwu (Agbigwe) in a letter to IGP, AIG, CP wants the police high command to step into the brewing crises occasioned by the murder of an innocent person by a police officer in the community without delay to avoid unforseen circumstances.

He recalled that Umuru-Ide community had on 31st December, 2024 in an official letter complained about the rascality and recklessness of SP Obinna Anikwenze especially by the way he was subjecting his kinsmen into undue silence by criminal use of official police service pistol.

Ojukwu who presented copies of his petitions to the relevant authorities told journalists that the need for the authorities to step into the matter has become imperative to avoid dangerous implosion in Alor community.

Mr Okoye, a relation and elder brother of the late victim told journalists that they “had been summoned by the traditional ruler of the community yesterday”.

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He however promised to disclose the outcome of the meeting.

His silence has  now put the youth of the area on edge as they were rearing to exact justice on Anikwenze and anyone attempting to stop them.

One of them who gave his name simply as Chike said ” we have tolerated the man’s fuck-up for too long. How can he leave sambisa forest and hid himself in his village waving gun menacingly at every boy, girl, aged and young.

“Let’s face him squarely so that whatever want to happen let it be right now, here and today.

Efforts to get any comments from the Igwe Elibe Okonkwo didn’t yield success.

A visit to the office of the Nnobi Police division met officers who were not ready to say anything. But one officer who never want his name mentioned in the media noted that several reports on Anikwenze were before now received in the station. That it was clear that he remains a threat and security risk to the society.

From Chuks Collins, Awka

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Anambra Vigilante: Activist—Paul Njoku Accuses Soludo Of Breeding Terrorists

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Operation Udo ga Achi created by Governor Charles Chukwuma SOludo of Anambra State

A human rights activist and author, Comrade Paul Ikechukwu Njoku, has accused the Anambra State governor, Professor Charles Soludo, of breeding terrorists in Anambra state.

Njoku made the remarks while reacting to a viral video which showed how armed men of operatives of Operation Udo Ga-Achi, also known as the Agunechemba Vigilante Group, stormed a corps members’ lodge in Anambra State.

The marauding band assaulted a female corps member identified as Jennifer Edema Elohor and some of her colleagues.

The video, which was shared by the Haven 360 Foundation on Facebook on Monday, showed the victim, Elohor, beaten and stripped naked by men wielding guns.

Reacting, Njoku observed that the state of organised insecurity and human rights abuses by the Anambra Vigilante group is ruthless.

The rights activist fumed that the victims were brutalised and degraded to sexually inhuman level.

It was gathered that Operation Udo Ga-Achi Vigilante group, accused the corps members of being ‘yahoo people’ and descended on them despite producing their NYSC identity cards.

A female corps member, Jennifer Edema Elohor, was beaten, stripped naked and left exposed and covered in blood.

Other victims were reportedly subjected to horrible violations.

In a statement sent to Diaspora Digital Media (DDM) newsroom, activist Paul wrote:

“Anambra State governor, Professor Charles Soludo, is breeding terrorists in the state by his executive rascality and ill conduct.

“He is not governing the state like an educated fellow.

“There is an organised insecurity and human rights abuses by the Anambra Udo Ga-Achi Vigilante group, notorious of ruthless and deadly activities in the Soludo-led administration.

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“It is unacceptable that the Soludo’s armed men stormed a corps members’ lodge in the State, naked and assaulted a female corps member identified as Jennifer Edema Elohor and some of her colleagues with grass impunity.

“There should be total adherence to the rule of law.

“I deeply condemn the ruthless human rights abuses and terror assault and violation of the dignity of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members by the indecent and uninformed operatives of Operation Udo Ga-Achi Vigilante Group.

“Governor Soludo should disband the barbaric group, openly prosecute and mete out justice to the victims,” he concluded.

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