Residents of Enugu State took to the streets on Wednesday to protesting the massacre of residents of Ukpabi-Nimbo in Uzo-Uwani local government area of Enugu State by Fulani herdsmen.
The attack, which left scores dead, hundreds displaced and many others battling for survival at various hospitals, has remained point of national discourse.

A group under the aegis of Concerned Citizens of Enugu State, moved to the streets, demanding an end to such barbaric acts.

The protesters, marched from New Market through Okpara Avenue, Holy Ghost Park, Edinburgh Street, to the State House of Assembly and ended at the Government House Enugu.

Some of the placards read: “stop the killings. No more human blood for cows, Ndigbo are part of humanity, stop the herdsmen massacre at Uzo-Uwani, stop killing Ndigbo, Fulani must go, stop the killing, Buhari sit up, Fulani must go, Ugwuanyi speak up, and operation stay alive, leave Igbos alone”.

The spokesman of the group, Dr. McGinger Ibeneme decried the incessant destruction of farmlands, killings, rape and kidnapping of people of the South-East geopolitical zone by suspected Fulani herdsmen.

Ibeneme, who spoke emotionally, lamented that “the crux of the matter is that every day people go to their sleep and Fulani cattle herdsmen will come and slaughter them.

“Just few days ago, over 200 people were massacred in their village in Uzo-Uwani. Nobody has said their crime, there has never been any arrest; if anything, the Awgu indigenes were arrested for chasing away the invaders. They had to bail themselves. Their women were raped, men being abducted.

“We have heard about a Catholic priest being abducted, we have heard about churches being burnt, we have heard about women being raped. Every single day, day-by-day lives are lost. The federal government has refused to say anything, the presidency has been quiet over the Fulani. Are cows worth more than our lives? Why are they killing us, is it a crime to be a Nigerian? We just want answers. When will the killings stop? Why hasn’t the president sent the army, why hasn’t the president deployed the intelligence?

“They call them hoodlums, who are the hoodlums? Do the hoodlums have an army, that they invade a village and kill in hundreds? Were the Nigerian police asleep? Has there been any arrests?

“My appeal to the people is to open their eyes, to be alert, to be vigilant, to protect themselves against the invaders as the government can no longer protect us. Its only a tree that will hear that it will die and it stays put. We are human beings; we have to shout for the whole world to hear us.

“The genocide is going on. There is a systematic killing of our people. After the massacre the government will now send the police to come and calm us down so that there will not be reprisals. We are dying in our numbers”.

moyakz:
learn from edo state,you guys won't listen.keep crying to the deaf buhari.

wailing:
here in Enugu,we looking for fuel nothing like a protest.

Drefan:

That's right. Buhari is a congenital dullard. The easterners should direct their supplication elsewhere.

RareDiamond:
Buhari is a wicked fulani tribal bigot, a notorious religious fanatic, a clueless tyrant and a semi-illitrate who is not worthy to be a president of a cosmopolitan country like Nigeria. How else can one describes a president who protect and encourages his Fulani herdsmen brothers to wreck havoc all over the country ? This APC government of shame will soon fail and fall completely.

iflywithbuhari:

Don't worry, we are planning an Equaliser. When we strike, both the greedy governor and the Terrorist President will be jaw- dropped

iflywithbuhari:
All the youths should gather together, march on government house, and stone the governor for his greed and cowardice

KinkyAngela:
Trying to politicise the whole issue would not solve the problem. Turning it into a PDPvsAPC matter is not the solution. PDP were in power when the Senator representing Plateau North, Senator Dalyop Dantong, was killed in 2012 by these same Fulani Militia's after his community had been sacked earlier. The Fulani Herdsmen madness did not start today

Drefan:

Will you keep that cesspit you call mouth shut?

What has the critical issue on ground got to do with the Governor, and his perceived "greed" and "cowardice", according to you?

Do you even have a brain? If yes, are you making use of it?

Look, you can't just wake up one bright morning, conjure rubbish and click submit without thinking deeply. . .
Else asylum beckons on you.

The only one that can put an end to everything is Buhari. Buhari urgently needs to hold his demonic herdsmen to a leash.

The blood of the innocent cries out for vengeance.

RareDiamond:
SHUT UP YOUR DIRTY MOUTH YOU M0RON AND STOP MAKING USELESS COMMENTS. NO PRESIDENT HAS ENCOURAGE THE DESTRUCTION OF LIVES AND PROPERTIES ACROSS THE NATION LIKE BUHARI. HOW COME THE BARBARIC FULANI HERDSMEN WENT ON A NATIONAL KILLING AND DESTRUCTION SPREE ACROSS THE NATION WITHOUT ANY EFFORT TO CONDEMN OR STOP THEM BY THE BUHARI FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? IS BECAUSE THEY ARE HIS FULANI TRIBES MEN AND HIM THEIR GRAND PATRON? THIS GOVERNMENT OF SHAME WILL FAIL.

iflywithbuhari:
All the youths should gather together, march on government house, and stone the governor for his greed and cowardice

KinkyAngela:
Stop E-boasting. There is a high possibility that the Fulani invaders that attacked Enugu came from the Cameroon or Central Africa Republic. They might probably be trekking back now

iflywithbuhari:

Should we drop by your house, on our way, and have a long conversation with your sister. Maybe you will believe us then.

iflywithbuhari:

Don't worry, we are planning an Equaliser. When we strike, both the greedy governor and the Terrorist President will be jaw- dropped