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BREAKING: Ebonyi Residents Flee Community As Death Toll From Herdsmen Attack Rises To 16

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Residents of Amegu Nkalaha Community in the Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State are fleeing their houses in droves as the death toll in Sunday’s armed herdsmen invasion rose to 16.

On Monday, hundreds of residents were seen on the road, leaving the community with some of their belongings, including cooking pots and mattresses to nearby communities.

On getting to the community, the surviving residents were seen in clusters mourning their losses.

Houses and properties that were burned and destroyed by the invading assailants who took advantage of Sunday morning, when majority of the people had gone to churches.

Three corpses that were recovered on Monday morning were seen either being prepared for burial by family members.

According to reports, seven Yam bans that were burned; 25 houses were completely razed; five houses which didn’t burn down, had their windows and doors badly damaged.

Some of the corpses being buried during the visit had their throats slit while some had several gunshots.

Some residents who spoke in Igbo lamented the complicity of the Nigerian Army and the Nigerian police in the gruesome attack.

They accused the Nigerian military of aiding the Fulani herdsmen attacks, adding that the military and police came on Saturday telling them that nobody should leave the community only for attackers to strike, killing 16 persons and wreaking havoc and for several hours.

After the carnage, they said Nigerian Army troops and some policemen were sent to the community to condole with the residents.

“Worse still, when they came the soldiers seized the phones of our people who were making videos and threatened that if they see the videos of the carnage and pictures of the destruction they will come back and destroy them,” said one Edeze, whose phone was seized.

According to him, “After they carried 10 corpses which our people recovered including a retired policeman namely Mr James Ogbu, from different locations they were slaughtered, the soldiers returned and handed back the phones seized from the people.

“Even the deputy governor of Ebonyi, Mrs Patricia Obila, was the one telling the police that they should go for mass arrest in our community, accusing our people of killing cows belonging to the Fulani herdsmen.

Till now, she hasn’t visited the community.”Edeze regretted that the government only raised its voice when a community is accused of killing cows but will remain silent when “our farms and crops are destroyed by the same cows.”

“If a cow is reportedly killed in a community, is it not the duty of the security agencies to investigate it and fish out the killer? Why would the entire community collectively be punished? After the police extortion for bail and payment for the cow, they will send Fulani militias to invade and slaughter the people who probably knew nothing and the attackers would raze the community.”

He gave the names of those killed as “Simon Ogbuabor, Nnaji Nwa Omebe, James Ogbu retired police officer, Alloy Nnaji aka Eze Nwata, Amos Ogbu, Alfred Igwurube, an Assistant Pastor of Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Ministry and his principal Pastor Ibam.”

Others are “Idenyi Ebe, Okechukwu Ogbuzuru, Eze Obeagu, Omebe Ogbu, Samuel Nnaji Ede, Obeagu Ogenyi, Nnaji Ebe still missing and Nnaji Okwor still missing.

Joseph Ebe from another village Umulesha was also killed.

“Mrs Ogbu clementina lamented why security agencies didn’t come until after the assailants had gone.

She said: “On Sunday being yesterday we were preparing to go to church, suddenly, we started hearing gunshots.

Then some had already gone to churches for Sunday service, while some had also gone to their farms. The gunshots were coming from all the directions. We were in a state of confusion and some of us entered the bushes and hide.

Shortly, we started seeing rising thick smokes in the sky. Our houses, food bans and our wears were completely burned.

“We slept in the bushes and now we have no house, no food, in short nothing left to live on. I am family haven’t eaten anything since yesterday.

We need help from anywhere.

“Elder Simon Idenyi, who also spoke during the visit accused the military and police of aiding the atrocities of the herdsmen in the community and other parts they have attacked.

He narrated, “What happened is that on February 1st, officials of the state government with the military and police authorities came to us that they want to make peace with us and Fulani Herdsmen.

After discussions with the elders of the community including women, they told us that the problem we had with the Fulani herdsmen had been resolved.

They encouraged us not to leave our houses that the government and security agencies are here to protect us.

They assured us that nothing would happen to us.

“Regrettably, at about 9:30am strange faces we came to understand were Fulani herdsmen wielding AK-47 rifles and machetes surrounded the community and started killing anyone on sight and burning houses randomly.

There was no security agents in sight while the carnage lasted. The attack started around 9:30 am and they left the community around 3:30 pm and no single security agent came until around 5pm.

“The assailants entered every nook and cranny of the community and even church. They killed two inside the church.

They burned our houses, at least 25 houses despite the military and state government assured us of protection and support, that we shouldn’t leave our community.

“Hours after the carnage the soldiers came and told us sorry for the loss and later left.

They took 10 corpses we have recovered to the morgue and still looking for more five people in bushes,” he narrated.

Meanwhile on Monday the Nigeria Police Force confirmed that the security operatives had recovered 10 bodies of people killed in the community.

The Command’s spokesperson, Joshua Ukandu, who confirmed the attack in a statement on Sunday, stated that the police were currently investigating the incident, adding that normalcy had returned to the area.

“Several houses were also burnt selectively in the area, and other properties destroyed. Upon receipt of the information, we drafted police operatives to the area.

“We are currently investigating the incident while normalcy has returned to the area,” the PPRO stated.

“We also recovered 10 corpses from the area. At the moment, our personnel are there, and normalcy is returning to the area,” Ukandu had added.

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Court Rules Nnamdi Kanu Has Case to Answer in Terrorism Trial

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The Federal High Court in Abuja has ruled that Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), must face trial in his ongoing terrorism case.

Delivering the ruling on Thursday, Justice James Omotosho dismissed Kanu’s no-case submission, stating that the prosecution had presented sufficient evidence linking him to terrorism-related activities. The judge ordered Kanu to open his defence on October 8, 2025.

According to Justice Omotosho, the prosecution’s exhibits and witness testimonies raise “serious allegations” that merit a full trial.

In a separate directive, the court also ordered the President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) to constitute a special medical team to evaluate Kanu’s current health condition. The judge mandated the committee to submit its report within eight days.

The court instructed that the medical panel, consisting of 8 to 10 members including a cardiologist and a neurologist, must assess whether the Department of State Services (DSS) medical facility is adequately equipped to manage Kanu’s health needs. The committee is also empowered to use any medical facility in the country during its investigation.

Justice Omotosho further directed that the Chief Medical Director of the National Hospital, Abuja, be included as a member of the committee. Based on the committee’s findings, the court will determine whether Kanu should be transferred to the National Hospital for further treatment.

The trial continues amidst growing public and international attention surrounding Kanu’s detention and the broader implications for the separatist movement he leads.

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Man allegedly kill grandparents over food

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A 30-year-old man, Mutawakilu Ibrahim, has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his grandparents to death after a quarrel over food.

The Kano State Police Command spokesperson, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa said the incident was reported on Thursday morning, September 25, 2025, at Kofar Dawanau Quarters in Dala Local Government Area.

According to him, the suspect attacked his grandfather, 75-year-old Muhammad Dansokoto, and grandmother, 65-year-old Hadiza Tasidi, with a knife during the altercation.

“The victims were rushed to Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, Kano, where they were confirmed dead by medical personnel,” Kiyawa stated.

“Their corpses were later released to relatives for burial in line with Islamic rites.

”The police said the suspect, believed to have been under the influence of intoxicants at the time of the attack, is now in custody.

Kiyawa added that the Commissioner of Police, CP Ibrahim Adamu Bakori, has directed that the matter be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Homicide Section, for further investigation.

“The suspect will be charged to court upon completion of the investigation,” the statement concluded.

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Kidnappers shoot victim over insufficient funds in bank account in Delta

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A victim of kidnap was shot in the leg by kidnappers for failing to have sufficient money in his bank account.

The kidnappers said the shooting is to teach him a lesson.

This was even after they had already withdrawn two million naira from his bank account.

According to the Delta Police Command’s spokesperson, Bright Edafe, operatives have arrested three suspected kidnappers, who confessed that they collected N2 million ransom from their victim and still shot him.

The suspects, identified as Chukwuebuka Nka, Uche Okechukwu, and Somto Chukwuma, allegedly shot the victim in the leg after discovering he did not have enough money in his account.

According to the statement, the arrests followed a distress call that a young man had been kidnapped from his residence in Ogwashi-Uku.

Edafe said operatives tracked the suspects to a bush in Ogwashi-Uku, where the victim was rescued with a gunshot wound.

According to him, investigations led to the arrest of Chukwuebuka Nka and Uche Okechukwu in Anambra State, where the victim’s white Toyota Venza was also recovered.

He added that, based on the suspects’ confessions, operatives raided their hideout in Agidiase village, Ogwashi-Uku, and arrested the third suspect.

The suspects then led the police to their hideout, where their operational vehicle and a network jammer circuit device were also recovered.

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