Women from Isu
community in Onicha area of Ebonyi State on Wednesday stormed Abakaliki to
protest the activities of Fulani herdsmen in the area and the r*pe of a
70-
year-old widow.
The women
carried placards with different inscriptions such as ‘Fulanis have destroyed
all our crops and polluted our rivers and ponds’, ‘Fulanis have humiliated us’,
among others.
They said a
herdsman r*ped a 70-year-old widow, resulting in her going into a coma.
The leader of
the protesters, Florence Okoro, said the herdsman sneaked into the old widow’s
house while she was preparing her evening meal and r*ped her.
Okoro, who
added that the hands and legs of the old widow were broken in the process,
appealed to the state government and security agencies to protect their women.
Addressing the
women, the state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Chief Augustine
Nwankwegu, condemned the r*pe of the widow and the destruction of farmlands by
herdsmen.
He assured the
protesters that government would take action against the perpetrators of the
crime.
He added that
Governor David Umahi had directed that the culprits be fished out and
prosecuted.
The
commissioner said, “The governor has heard this and asked me to look for a way
to catch the man (r*pist) so that he would be punished accordingly.
“We have gone
to the police and they told us they were on the way to bring him (r*pist) to
Abakaliki. I’m promising you that by Monday, he would be arraigned in court.
You will come and see him because what he has done is wrong.”
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