The Association of Ebonyi State Indigenes in the Diaspora has called on the federal government to immediately declare a state of emergency in Ebonyi State to put a stop to the ongoing killings defenceless citizens in Effium community, a suburb in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state.
In a statement released Wednesday in Abuja by the association’s president, Amb Pascal Oluchukwu, and made available to, said a few surviving eyewitnesses recounted from their various hideouts that hired militants had stormed an Ezza enclave- Nwekendiagu village in Effium on Thursday last week, killing over 15 persons and burning over 200 houses, including a fuel station located in the area.
“How many more lives of particularly Ezzas does Umahi want them to take before he sits up to order his arrest and sincere trial over the genocide they are committing in Effium with public funds and government’s backing?
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