Crime
RESIDENTS of Emene, Enugu State on Thursday, August 22 protested the death of Regina Mba, 67, at the hands of suspected Fulani herdsmen. It is alleged that the herdsmen rape and murder Mba who went to the farm for farming.
The incident, which occurred at a suburb, Nchatacha-Nike in Enugu East Local Government Area of Enugu State, caused total gridlock as youths from the area blocked traffic on the Enugu-Abakaliki highway.
Kingsley Anike, president general of Nchatancha-Nike community, said: the deceased went to farm on Wednesday between 2 pm and 6 pm in the evening, and she was attacked. “Later in the evening, when we expected her home, she didn’t come back. We started searching for her throughout the night and this morning (Thursday), there was an expanded search team.
“It wasn’t really a distant farm. It is a nearby farm because people are not leaving far from the location. So, we saw her corpse and on getting there we saw her undies were torn apart, lying by the side; she sustained stabbing on her hands and at the back of her neck and she is dead already.
“We called the police, who have visited the scene and took photo shots of the whole situation. The body has been deposited in the mortuary.”
Ebere Amaraizu, Enugu police spokesman, said the police received report of the incident and that Suleiman Balarabe, commissioner of police, has ordered a full scale investigation.
He also confirmed that the corpse of the woman has been deposited at the mortuary of the Annunciation Hospital for autopsy. – THE SUN
