BY VINCENT UJUMADU
AWKA—IGBOS residing in Mubi, Adamawa State, are still having rough times in the hands of the dreaded Boko Haram sect as members of the sect weekend attempted to kill Eze Igbo in the area, Chief Malachy Agbazue. They were, however, unsuccessful as soldiers came to his rescue.
Agbazue was said to have been working with Lamido Mubi, Alhaji Issa Amoudu, to stop further killing of Igbos in the area.
Vanguard gathered yesterday that members of the sect swooped on the residence of the Eze Igbo in an attempt to kill everybody there, but were overpowered by soldiers who were detailed to guard the house.
Following the attempt on his life, security was said to have been beefed up in his palace and other area where Igbos reside in Mubi.
No fewer than 15 Igbo people residing in the area, including 13 from Adazi and two in Agulu, both of Anaocha local government area, have been killed by the Boko Haram sect and their bodies are still lying at the Yola General Hospital mortuary.
Meanwhile, the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, Awka branch weekend, condemned the continued killing of Igbos in parts of the North, calling on the governors of the South East states to send vehicles to the North to evacuate their people.
In a statement by its chairman, Chief Stanley Mbanaso, the NBA said that with what was happening in the country, there was need for convocation of a Sovereign National Conference in the country.
The statement read in part: “The Nigerian Bar Association, Awka branch takes exception to and decry in particular the gruesome murder of indigenes of Adazi community in Anaocha local government area of Anambra State by Boko Haram in Mubi, Adamawa state;
“We urge the government of Anambra State to take all necessary steps to ensure the safety of lives and property of all Anambrarians living in the North;
“We urge Anambra State government to quickly deploy enough luxury buses or vehicles to Northern part of Nigeria to convey home Anambrarians currently trapped in some of the Northern states in the country; and “that members of Nigeria Bar Association, Awka Branch are in full support of the recent calls for convening of Sovereign National Conference to discuss the entity called Nigeria.”
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AWKA—IGBOS residing in Mubi, Adamawa State, are still having rough times in the hands of the dreaded Boko Haram sect as members of the sect weekend attempted to kill Eze Igbo in the area, Chief Malachy Agbazue. They were, however, unsuccessful as soldiers came to his rescue.
Agbazue was said to have been working with Lamido Mubi, Alhaji Issa Amoudu, to stop further killing of Igbos in the area.
Vanguard gathered yesterday that members of the sect swooped on the residence of the Eze Igbo in an attempt to kill everybody there, but were overpowered by soldiers who were detailed to guard the house.
Following the attempt on his life, security was said to have been beefed up in his palace and other area where Igbos reside in Mubi.
No fewer than 15 Igbo people residing in the area, including 13 from Adazi and two in Agulu, both of Anaocha local government area, have been killed by the Boko Haram sect and their bodies are still lying at the Yola General Hospital mortuary.
Meanwhile, the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, Awka branch weekend, condemned the continued killing of Igbos in parts of the North, calling on the governors of the South East states to send vehicles to the North to evacuate their people.
In a statement by its chairman, Chief Stanley Mbanaso, the NBA said that with what was happening in the country, there was need for convocation of a Sovereign National Conference in the country.
The statement read in part: “The Nigerian Bar Association, Awka branch takes exception to and decry in particular the gruesome murder of indigenes of Adazi community in Anaocha local government area of Anambra State by Boko Haram in Mubi, Adamawa state;
“We urge the government of Anambra State to take all necessary steps to ensure the safety of lives and property of all Anambrarians living in the North;
“We urge Anambra State government to quickly deploy enough luxury buses or vehicles to Northern part of Nigeria to convey home Anambrarians currently trapped in some of the Northern states in the country; and “that members of Nigeria Bar Association, Awka Branch are in full support of the recent calls for convening of Sovereign National Conference to discuss the entity called Nigeria.”
Did the soldiers apprehend any of the suspects or were they simply asked to go and then come back when the soldiers are not there?
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