The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) said it has uncovered 20 terrorist dens in the forest in Ezeagu LGA of Enugu state.
The information is contained in a Special Report Marking the post 77th Anniversary of the World Human Rights Declaration, released in Enugu, on Wednesday, December 17, 2025.
Under the section entitled, “Unmasking The 20 Dens Of Jihadist Fulani Forest Terror In Communities Of Ezeagu In Enugu”, Intersociety stated the discovery of more than 20 Dens (Camps) of Jihadist Fulani Terror manned by invader-Jihadist Fulani Herdsmen in many forests in some Communities of Ezeagu Local Government Area of Enugu State.
The Dens of Terror are also found to have been structurally divided into six layers, with each camp coordinated by a Fulani Alhaji who is also a member of the Nigerian security forces-protected Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria-MACABAN.
This particular cell is placed in-charge of a chain of Ezeagu forests and their environs-with the herder’s herds of cattle roaming freely and destroying lives, properties and livelihoods unchecked and with reckless abandon.
The six-layered Jihadist Fulani structures are also centrally linked to the Ajali River and its valley as their terror headquarters from where jihadist activities are said to be coordinated and spread across the affected 14 Ezeagu Communities and their villages.
The listed communities of Imezi-Owa, Aguobu-Owa, Olo, Obunofia Ndiuno, Obunofia Ndiagu, Umunna Ndiagu, Mgbagbu-Owa and Oghe are said to be worst affected.
“The six-layered Jihadist Fulani dens of terror are headquartered at Aguobu-Owa and located close to Fatimah High School (Aguobu-Owa High School) and divided into six, with each headed by a Fulani Muslim leader (Alhaji) and placed in-charge of herds of cattle under designated Ezeagu communities and their forests.
Among the six Fulani Muslim leaders (Alhajis) in charge, their head is called “Alhaji Sani” of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACABAN) who is also said to be a resident of “Ama Hausa-Fulani” in the 9th Mile part of Enugu State and has allegedly been fingered in the coordination of area’s Jihadist Fulani reign of terror since 2010.
As a result, the Ajali River and its Valley, a hitherto pride of the area in aquatic environment, has religiously been violently transformed into dens of terror against several communities in Ezeagu LGA.
