FULANI HERDSMEN INVADE ENUGU COMMUNITY KILLING SEMINARIAN AND LEAVING FOUR CRITICALLY INJURED

Yesterday, tragedy struck Ndiagu community of Attakwu Akegbe-Ugwu in Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State as at least 50 herdsmen invaded the community leaving death and tears in their wake.So!e of the victims include 26years old seminarian, Lazarus Nwafor,on a year apostolic work,who was slaughtered and a six month pregnant woman whose stomach was riped open.Four members of Ogbodo Nwarum family, whose house the slain seminarian was a tenant,also sustained severe machete cuts from the rampaging herdsmen, who roped open the stomach of a 6moths pregnant woman, Mrs Nwarum,in the operation that started at about 2:15am.Until his death,Nwafor was a seminarian at the Catholic spiritan International school of theology,CSIST,Attakwu.The injured victims are in critical conditions at the Mother of Christ Teaching Hospital and Parklane Teaching Hospital, Enugu.
             Romanus Ugwu a farmer in the community, said: “The Fulani herdsmen were grazing right inside our compound were we reside last Tuesday. Their cows numbered over 100.The women and children on noticing their presence,quickly rushed and rang the metal gong at the village square.The sound emanating from the gong caused the cattle to scamper in disarray. The herdsmen were infuriated by the action of women and children.They told them that they will invade that night.True to their words they struck about 2:15am.The herdsmen climbed the ceiling of the rented house where the seminarian resided,jumped down and unlocked the metal door leading to the parlour. They now surged in and attacked Ogbodo Nwarum's family.They used a machete to slaughter the semimariansemimarian and slit open the tummy of the pregnant woman.