Tears flowed freely late Thursday following the brutal killing of a female student of St Paul’s College, Eke, in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State. DAILY POST reliably gathered that the student was shot dead by kidnappers suspected to be Fulani herdsmen.
A resident, who reached out to our correspondent late Thursday night, said other students equally hit by bullets are battling for survival in an undisclosed hospital.
also received a gruesome video displaying the lifeless body of the victim, as well as some of the survivors of the attack. A voice in the video narrated thus: “Fulani herdsmen attacked our students, they were going home after school; one of them was shot dead; four students were shot, one died instantly; they have done enough. “See the corpse of the little student they have murdered; this one is unconscious, we are praying that God will sustain her; she sustained four bullet wounds.
also reached out to the Principal of the Catholic Church-owned school, Rev. Fr. Frank and he confirmed the attack. “It is true; we dismissed by 3:30 pm yesterday, as the students were going home, the bus they were in was attacked by gunmen; some of them received bullet wounds, of which one later died in the hospital; “That was between 4:30-5 pm; the gunmen just opened fire on them.” “We feel so saddened to lose such a promising young girl in this circumstance.
the area had been a den of kidnappers for years with security agencies unable to stop the activities of the ravaging herdsmen. A community leader, who spoke under anonymity, said many victims of kidnap in Udi and Ezeagu areas are kept within the same location until ransom is paid. He said those who could not meet up with the ransom demand were usually killed after a few days.
made attempts to obtain a reaction from the Police Public Relations Officer, Enugu State Command, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, but he requested that a text message be sent to him. He was yet to respond to the message as of the time of filing this report.
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