Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki
One person has been shot dead, two injured and many others missing in Ndiagu Amagu, Ikwo, in Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, following a leadership tussle in the community.
The deceased, Nwoyika Ugbaloke and Thomas Ngaragu were attacked by a gun wielding group but Ugbaloke couldn’t survive the attack.
Many people are said to be missing in the attack.
Trouble started when a faction in the community imposed N40,000 levy on all the adults in Nduche Umuomara in the community which did not go down well with another faction in the area.
It was also learned that the faction that imposed the N40,000 levy on the adults, were also selling lands belonging to the faction that opposed the levy.
Son of the deceased, Nwoyika Kingsley Emeka, lamented the killing of his father, and called for arrest of his killers.
He said the killers are moving freely in the community and sealing people’s farmlands with palm fronds and warning them never to set their feet on the farms unless they pay fines.
He alleged that the perpetrators are being protected by some highly placed persons in the community including a former political office holder in the area who he said is their sponsor.
Emeka called on Governor Francis Nwifuru and the state Commissioner of Police, Adaku Uche-Anya, to intervene in the matter to prevent the perpetrators who are boasting to eliminate those opposed to their nefarious activities in the community.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Joshua Ukandu, said he has not received report on the incident.
