Effium/ Ezza-Effium Crisis: One Killed, Beheaded By Suspected Warlords
One person has been killed, beheaded and other parts of his body severely mutilated in Akparata village in Effium autonomous community of Ohaukwu local government area in Ebonyi State by suspected warlords. The killing of Godwin Odah at the back of his compound in Akparata village is coming barely one week after the Governor of Ebonyi State, Francis Nwifuru granted amnesty to 158 detainees arrested at the wake of the four years old intracommunual war that broke out in Effium in 2021. The President-General of Effium Town Union, Dr Agena James, who confirmed the killing, said he had notifĂed Governor Francis Nwifuru of the killing. "Your Excellency Sir, I wish to inform you that this morning at about 11.30am, Ezza warriors killed Godwin Odah at the back of his compound at Akparata village in Effium. "This is disheartening despite government efforts to restore peace in Effium. We strongly demand that the perpetrators of this dastardly act be arrested promptly to face ju...