Amakohia-Ubi community in Owerri
West Local Government Area of Imo State are presently at daggers drawn
with herdsmen that invaded their community penultimate week.
A source from the community who did not
want his name mentioned told our correspondent that the herdsmen who
inflicted machete cuts on some farmers and hunters from the community
recently during a brawl had returned boasting that nobody could send
them away again.
According to the source, the herdsmen who
initially took refuge in a neighbouring community (Orogwe) when they
were chased away during their skirmishes with Amakohia – Ubi community,
returned over the weekend settling at Umunjam village.
“They went to Orogwe community after we
drove them away; the community fought them and they ran back to
Amakohia, now they are saying they are going nowhere but we are ready
for them too,” the source said.
It would be recalled that Amakohia – Ubi
were recently attacked by the herdsmen, inflicting machete cuts on some
indigenes of the community after they claim their cow was killed by some
youths from the community.
But the hunter, Eze Anorue who was alleged
to have been amputated by the herdsmen while returning from the farm
with his wife claimed the herdsmen started the quarrel as they destroyed
crops in their farms.
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