Ex-Militants Attack In Imo Leave 11 Dead


Suspected former militants attacked Umuokeduru and Imeni communities, both in Ohaji Egbema local government area of Imo state.

The hoodlums were said to have killed 11 people and set most of the buildings ablaze.


According to The Nation, the armed thugs stormed the communities in the night when the villagers had gone to sleep and started shooting sporadically.

An indigene of one of the communities, speaking under the condition of anonymity, said the attack might not be unconnected with the former militants’ anger against the alleged partiality in the State Amnesty Programme.

The source said: “The ex-militants were said to be angry with the handling of the Amnesty Programme. They accused the state government of sidelining majority of them after they renounced militancy and surrendered their arms, in line with the state government’s Amnesty Programme.”

Another indigene said the former agitators attacked the communities of two of their former commanders who were allegedly camped in a hotel by the state government and placed under stipend without their knowledge.

The source added that the former agitators became angry when they found out that they have been betrayed by their leaders.

Meanwhile former militant commanders under the aegis of National Coalition of Niger Delta Ex-Agitators have rejected the entire 16 point demands presented to President Muhammadu Buhari by leaders and representatives of the region led by elder statesman, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clarke.

On Tuesday, November 1, 2016, leaders of the region including governors, traditional rulers and elder statesmen, converged at the Presidential Villa where they presented the 16 demands of the region to the President behind closed doors.