8 killed in renewed hostilities between 2 Ebonyi communities

No fewer than eight persons have been killed in a renewed hostility between Ndiagu Alike community in Ikwo Local Government Area and Enyibichiri community in Abakaliki Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.

The attack, our correspondent gathered, took place last Saturday along the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu Alike road near the border between the two communities.

Confirming the development, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Loveth Odah, said that six out of the eight victims were returning to Ikwo from Abakaliki before the warlords opened fire on them.

She said that while the said five were of the same family, two others were killed by bullet wounds they sustained from the attacks.

Read more: The Sun April 8, 2019

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