Group calls on Buhari to end spate of herdsmen, bandits killings in Enugu community

President Muhammadu Buhari has been asked to act swiftly to stop the spate of killings in Eha-Amufu community in Enugu State by suspected herdsmen and bandits in the last one year.

A group operating under the aegis of Enugu Good Governance has asked for President Muhammadu Buhari’s intervention on the incessant herdsmen and bandits killings in Enugu community.

Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Saturday, the Coordinator of the group, Odinaka Okechukwu condemned the mindless attacks, said no fewer than 150 persons have been killed in a rage of attacks on the Eha-Amufu and the adjoining communities.

Okechukwu said the attacks have sacked the entire community, forcing residents to seek refuge in Internally Displaced Person(IDPs) camps in neighbouring communities; resulting into a massive humanitarian crisis.

The group urged the Inspector General of Police, Alkali Baba and other security chiefs in the country to wade into the crisis in line with their constitutional mandate and restore normalcy in the troubled community.

The group noted that it would serve interest of the good citizens of Enough State for security agents to quickly step up their game as the attacks have been highjacked by some politicians who are politicising the situation, even as the crises predated the current administration of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi.

This was as it commended efforts by the State government to end the conflict in the warring zone even as it lamented the constitutional limitation of the State Governor to exercise the level of security powers required to end the conflict and restore peace in the community.

“We commend the effort of Enugu State governor who personally visited the scene to commiserate with the people of Eha-Amufu community in the latest attack.”

The group subsequently called on President Buhari as the Commander-in-Chief of Nigeria’s armed forces to exercise his powers to stop the attacks and end the blood letting in Eha-Amufu community in Enugu State