The Chairman of Isi-Uzo Local Government Area in Enugu State, Mr Obiora Obeagu has said that the council has intervened in the “harassment, humiliation and forceful detention” of indigenes of Eha-Amufu community by misguided individuals.
There were reports reaching newsmen on Thursday that yet-to-be-identified individuals are using a group of local women to attack, humiliate, and forcefully detain indigenes of Eha-Amufu who spoke to newsmen recently against an unfounded protest video circulated in social media.
The community leaders and Isi-Uzo council chairman, while addressing journalists on fact-finding mission on Sunday, debunked the fake video allegedly claiming that scores of people were raped and killed in the community recently by unknown gunmen.
Obeagu told newsmen on Thursday in the telephone interview that the council leadership had visited some of the victims and their family members that were threatened, attacked and detained within the community.
“Yes, I have been on the matter since morning, and I have met some of the victims and their families. I made sure that they also made statement at the police station and to security agencies concerning the negative treatment and humiliation meted on them.
“We are following up on that. What is happening in Eha-Amufu is going beyond unfounded protest. I am trying to handle it carefully so that it doesn’t degenerate into further crisis in the community,” the chairman said.
Earlier, a community leader and activist, Mr Richard Ogenyi, alleged that after the 2023 Governorship Election, some hoodlums in Eha-Amufu had been “threatening anybody they perceived is in support of the current administration in the state.”
According to him, at the weekend, a team of journalists numbering about 30 from different media organisations came on a fact-finding mission in Eha-Amufu in respect of the menace herdsmen are causing in our community.
“As it stands today, anybody that granted them an interview to express the truth on ground; have been attacked and detained by uninformed women being used by their sponsors.“This morning, March 20, 2025, they came after me and as I was not at home, they forcefully took my wife to Afor Mgbuji Market in Eha Amufu where she was humiliated,” the community leader said.
Ogenyi called on the state and local government authorities as well as security agencies to come to their rescue in the community.
