The President General of Idima Edda Community, Comrade Nkama Okoro Agha has said that the community lost six people including a pregnant woman and her little child who were brutally murdered and valuable properties worth millions of Naira destroyed following an attack by warlords suspected to have come from Amasiri community in Afikpo local government area of the State.

The Community expressed sadness over the constant attack and killing of their people by suspected warlords from Amasiri.

Comrade Agha made the disclosure while briefing journalists on the recent killings and destruction of properties in the community.

He noted that one of the 6 victims of the alleged Amasiri’s attack against the Okporojo people hailed from Afikpo, identified as Abagha Chukwu from Ukpa in Afikpo LGA, but was a resident of Okporojo till his untimely death.

The President General who condemned the ugly act alleged that the attack was not the first, saying that the Amasiri people had invaded Okporojo and killed innocent citizens, including the abduction of farmers in their farms on 6th February 2023.

He appealed to Governor Francis Nwifuru to urgently intervene to prevent further killings and bring the perpetrators of this heinous act to book.

He equally appealed to the governor to take urgent action over the land dispute between the people of Ndukwe community, Amasiri in Afikpo LGA and Okporojo Idima in Edda LGA of Ebonyi State, to bring lasting peace in the area.

“We the people of Okporojo in Idima Autonomous Community in Edda LGA of Ebonyi State totally condemned this unfortunate attack launched by the Amasiri against our people,” he said.