VICTIMS OF NIMBO HERDSMEN ATTACK BURIED AMID TEARS

The victims of the Nimbo herdsmen attack have been buried amidst tears from family, friends and sympathizers. The banner bore their pictures, the victims of the early morning Fulani herdsmen attack, and hailed them as, “You are the heroes of Nimbo.” The roll call: Mr. Okechukwu Ajogwu Johnson, Raphael Onyishi, Okoye Mama, Akor

Cyprian, Ezema Benjamin, Ugwu Ogbu, Akogwu Utazi, Eze Sylvanus O., Anibogu Godwin.  As the sirens blared and the motorcade made its way into the community from the morgue of Bishop Shanaham’s Hospital, Nsukka, the disconsolate mass wailings rent the air.“These are people who bubbled with live that morning. They were in their homes, preparing for daily activities, only to be murdered by strange people, people who do not value human life. The perpetrators of this crime shall not go unpunished,” a woman swore. The state Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, who was consumed with emotion said: “This will never happen again on our soil. We won’t let this happen.”The Catholic Bishop of Nsukka Diocese, reminded them in his homily that God has not abandoned them. According to the Bishop, it is easy for the villagers to lament and feel that God has abandoned them because of the magnitude of the attack.

He said: “Even if it looks like God has abandoned you all, I can assure you that he has not abandoned you, because the intention of the

marauders was to wipe out this community but God didn’t allow that.” The Bishop called on the Federal and State Governments to do all that is humanly possible not to let this kind of incident happen again.

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