MASSOB GIVES HERDSMEN 48-HOUR ULTIMATUM TO VACATE ENUGU COMMUNITY

We Will No Longer Tolerate Killings - MASSOB

The Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra on Tuesday gave herdsmen 48-hour ultimatum to quit the Ogboli-Ohaja community, in the Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State, saying they would not be held responsible for whatever happens if they fail to heed the warning.

This announcement came on the heels of an alleged attack on a 32 year old man, Kenneth Ude, on his farm by some herders on Monday. Ude was said to be working on his cassava farm when the herders led their cattle to graze there. The herders were said to have attacked him with machetes when he attempted to stop them, leaving him for dead. He was, however, later rescued and rushed to the Jideofor Medical Hospital, in Awgu.

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The development was said to have fuelled tension as some young men combed the bush in search of the fleeing herdsmen.

Addressing journalists on Tuesday, the Deputy National Leader of MASSOB, Chief Ikechukwu Ekwe, said the group would no longer tolerate killing of innocent people by herdsmen in the area.

“We will fish them out wherever they may be in this community after 48 hours and handle them our own way. No more will we allow our people to be subjected to this level of maltreatment in their own soil. I do not think it is a crime for one to go to his farm,” he said.

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Ekwe stated that farmlands had been destroyed in the area by herders, stressing that attempts to get authorities address the situation had proved abortive.