Insecurity: Imo communities protest alleged herdsmen attack, kidnapping

Three Imo Communities, Ezi-Obodo, Ezi-Okele and Ihiagwa, each successful Owerri West LGA, person staged a peaceful protestation implicit rising cases of insecurity ranging from kidnappings and killings allegedly orchestrated by herders operating successful the area.

Youths, women, elders, and assemblage leaders came retired successful their numbers, marching done large roads wrong the communities, carrying placards to explicit their grievances and displeasure implicit what they described arsenic a worsening information concern successful the area.

Addressing Journalists during the protest, the Councillor representing Eziobodo/Ezi Okele Ward 5, Chijioke Echendu, condemned the development, describing it arsenic the worst recurring insecurity successful caller times.

He appealed to information agencies and the authorities authorities to urgently intervene and support residents from transgression elements operating wrong the forests and bushes surrounding the communities.

The Councillor besides debunked reports circulating connected societal media, alleging that astir 40 persons were killed successful Eziobodo, a assertion helium described arsenic false, misleading, and susceptible of causing unnecessary panic among residents and the wide public.

He said, “Although determination person been isolated incidents of kidnapping and attacks wrong parts of Owerri West, specified incidents should not beryllium exaggerated oregon misrepresented arsenic a full penetration oregon massacre successful Eziobodo.

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