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Speaker 1: A Namras State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has

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attributed the cause of mass killing or massacre of a

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particular ethnic group of Abonyie Inda genes at Ogboji community

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in Arumba South Local Government area of the state on

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Monday at the late hour of the every Monday sit

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at home most people in the Southeast states used as

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meeting days to an internal crisis, rocking members of the

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Association of the Abonne Development Town Union in a Nambra State,

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with the Commissioner of Police, Ikioye or Ratugu stating in

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a statement issued after he personally visited the scene of

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crime on Wednesday, that the group attacked were members of

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the factional union of a Bonnie people living in Ogbojee,

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with the survivor’s testimonies suggesting that the massacre was initially

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an assassination plot targeted at the factional leader of the group,

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but after the suspected assassins identified and shot dead the

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leader of the Abonnee Union factional group, the gang leader

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of the suspected assassins ordered his men to shoot at

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everyone already lying face down bad probably because almost all

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of them refused to point or show the suspected assassins

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the leader of the factional a Bonnie group, while some

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of the survivors said they thought the suspected assassins who

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came with two white Sienna minivans were security operatives who

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came only to scatter the meeting. According to the State

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Police Command spokesperson s P. Tochukua Kenga in an interview

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on Thursday nd Iron Amber did not murder a Bonnyie

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indagens in the state. The culprits are criminals hiding under

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the umbrella of the good people of a Bonyie Town

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Union in Ogboje A Arumba South Local government area that

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committed the cowardly act. We already have one suspect in

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custody and shall definitely hunt others down. One of the survivors,

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who spoke in his native language of the hospital bed,

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narrated how he was shot twice to force him to

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reveal the identity of the leader of the group, which

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according to the survivor, the suspected assassins mentioned the full

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name of their target and shot him first time and

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threatened to kill him if he refused to show them

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the person, and after killing their target, Augustinodowu. The suspected

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assassins shot him again the second time. Details of the

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survivor’s statements, as transcribed and translated by Punch Newspaper, are

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presented below. A survivor of the massacre of Abonnyie Inda

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Genes in Ogboje, an Ambra State, has shared a harrowing

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account of how gunman turned a peaceful community meeting into

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a bloodbath, killing at least eleven people and injuring many others.

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Omwo He Godwin, a member of the Ebonnie State Welfare

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Association in Ogboje, narrowly escaped with his life after sustaining

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gunshot wounds to his hand and stomach. Speaking from his

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hospital bed, Godwin described the terrifying moment armed men invaded

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their monthly meeting and opened fire indiscriminately. A video of

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his testimony, delivered in his native dialect, has since gone

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viral on social media. Godwin, who hails from Inniemagou Equo

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government area of a Bonnie State, recounted that the attackers

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struck as the group was about to conclude its general meeting.

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We used to have our meeting two times a month.

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That day was our general meeting of a Bonnie State

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Welfare Association in Ogbo g He said, his voice faded

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but steady. Towards evening, when we were about closing the meeting,

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some people carrying guns came in. We thought they were

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policemen who came for mass arrests. We didn’t know they

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were on a mission to kill us, he said. Godwin said.

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The gunman immediately asked for Augustin Odogu, chairman of the

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Ogbo Ge branch of the association, before ordering everyone to

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lie down. The first thing they asked was who is

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Augustin Odowu. Then they ordered everybody to lie down. Godwin recalled.

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They dragged me up and asked me what meeting we

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were doing. I told them it was the general meeting

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of a Bonnie Inda Genes. They said we were kicking

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against them, and then they shot me, he said. He

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added that after repeated threats and gunshots into the air,

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they forced him to identify Augustine, whom they then executed

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on the spot before shooting him again. They came to

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me again and asked me to show them Augustine or

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they would kill me. I pointed at him. They brought

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him out and shot him right there. Then they shot

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me again, he said. Meanwhile, the Nigeria Police Force, in

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a press statement issued and made available on Wednesday by

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the Enamors State Police Command spokesperson Tochyukua Kenga, stated that

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the incident is not a targeted attack on any dagene

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of any state, but a cowardly action of the common

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enemies of the state. The Commissioner of Police CP iki

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Ye Aratugu f w C M NIPS PhD, today the

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second of July twenty twenty five, led a joint security

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team comprising the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps n

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sc DC and other sister agencies to the s scene

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where ten people were murdered in ogboj A Arumba South

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Local Government area. He also confirmed the arrest of a

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male suspect, Sunday m Banu, who is currently assisting the

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police in their investigation. The CP however, reitrates that the

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incident is not a targeted attack on any indigene of

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any state, but a cowardly action of the common enemies

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of the state. During the interaction with some stakeholders of

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the community, including the traditional Prime Minister President General of

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the Ogbo g community, and the son of the landlord

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where the meeting was held the crime scene. Some revelations

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were made as follows. There is a leadership squabble in

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the association of a Bonnie State Indigenes in the area.

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The meeting that recorded the incident is the factional leadership

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of a Bonyie indigens living in ogboj A Arumba South

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Local Government area of an Amber State. It was alleged

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that the association had earlier complained and written a petition

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to the President General of Ogboje without recourse to the

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security agencies. Meanwhile, as the pig was trying to use

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an alternative dispute resolution ADR strategy to resolve the issue,

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it escalated to a record of the unfortunate incident. The

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son of the landlord confirmed that one of the victims

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is a tenant in their compound and gave some details

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that the joint investigative team are working on. Given the above,

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the joint security team, while condoling with the people of

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a Bonnie State, especially the family and friends of the deceased,

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wish they injured a quick recovery. The visit also witnessed

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a courtesy call on the traditional ruler of Equilobia. The

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Enamor State Police Command remains committed to making sure that

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the perpetrators of this heinous crime are brought to book.

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We had reported that Barrister of Feannyegio four, the former

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lawyer to the detained Biafra Republic Agitation leader Nandikanu, has

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called on an Ambra State Government under the leadership of

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Governors Charles Chukuma Saludo and security agencies in the state

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to conduct a thorough investigation into the killing of thirteen

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Abonyi Inda genes by yet to be identified gunman Wilder.

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Victims were having an end of month meeting at a

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location in Ogbojee Community, Arumba South Local Government Area of

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Anambra State on Monday evening. Padi Grindi bring in a

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Morgijis