Ezza Community accuses Benue warlords of killing indigenes

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Ezza Community accuses Benue warlords of killing indigenes

Indigenes of Ezza Community in Benue State have expressed dismay over unabated attacks and killings by people suspected to be warlords in Ado local government area of the state.

The inhabitants alleged that they had lost over 400 persons in the incessant attacks and killings.

This was contained in a statement signed and made available to Waploaded on Monday in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State.

Some Ezza Community leaders who endorsed the statement include; Mrs Perpetual Nkechi Okafor, the President General of Ezza-Ezekuna Benue State, Mr Chinedu Linus Nweke, Board of Trustees Chairman, Mr John Ukoro Izekwe, Emmanuel Chibueze Ngbabu, Publicity Secretary and other.

They accused Uffiom warlords in the Ado local government Area of Benue State of being behind the killings.

” It has become imperative to write this to put the records straight for the general public to know about the undeserved atrocious activities by the Uffiom people against the Ezza people and the unjustifiable double-dealings of some Ado stakeholders aimed collectively to worsen the already exacerbated aftermaths of the crisis.

Going down memory lane, on the 22nd of January 2021, the ill-fated crisis broke out into a full-blown war between Uffiom and Ezza tribes in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.

” On the same day too, the Uffiom people resumed coordinated attacks on Ezza Benue People, ranging from abductions and killings of Ezza people in Ulayi, Odum and further extended the heinous, outrageous and heartless massacre to other Ezza communities under Ado Local Government jurisdiction.