Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization on Wednesday, condemned the killing of eight residents of the Okpokwu-Mgbuji community, in the Isi-Uzo local government area by Fulani herdsmen.
The organization in a statement titled, ‘The carnage in Mgbuji community, Enugu State, by Fulani herdsmen,’ said the invasion, destruction of lives and property, including farmlands, was unjustifiable.
Ohanaeze said that it “can no longer tolerate the intentional decimation of our people by Fulani herdsmen or any other group for that matter; not today, tomorrow or ever.”
According to the group: “Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Enugu State, unequivocally condemns this attack on the peaceful Mgbuji community. This deliberate mass murder by these marauding herdsmen cannot be justified by any stretch of imagination.
“We, therefore, condemn this attack in its totality as barbaric, provocative and a clear assault on the accommodative spirit of Ndi-Enugu State.
“This must stop. We, therefore, call on all the security agencies and other critical stakeholders in the state to urgently identify and bring the culprits to book.”
“We wish to warn that the peaceful disposition of the governor and indeed the people of Enugu State should not be taken for granted or interpreted as a sign of weakness, as no one has the monopoly of violence”.
