The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL) has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to suspected killer herdsmen operating in Eha-Amufu, Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of Enugu State, demanding their immediate exit from the community.
In a statement signed by its President General, Goodluck Ibem on Wednesday, the apex socio-political youth group in the South East strongly condemned the continued attacks, killings, and sexual violence allegedly perpetrated by armed Fulani herdsmen in the area.
“The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, the apex sociopolitical youth group in the South East geopolitical zone condemns in strongest terms the killings and raping of women by Fulani terrorists parading as herdsmen in Eha-Amufu, Isi-Uzo LGA, Enugu State. The activities of these terrorists are wicked, nefarious and satanic and we condemn it in its entirety,” the statement read.
“These so-called Fulani herdsmen are not herdsmen but terrorists on a land-grabbing mission. There is no correlation between rearing cattle and killing of innocent human beings in their own town,” the group stated.
The statement further condemned reports of sexual violence against women in the community, describing them as acts of extreme wickedness that must not go unpunished.
“For these terrorists to be raping our women and inserting sticks into their private parts after raping them is the worst wickedness against humanity and it must not go unpunished,” COSEYL said.
The group called on the Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, and the Chief of Defence Staff to take decisive action by arresting and prosecuting the perpetrators.
COSEYL also urged youths across Enugu State and the South East to rise against the attackers and expel them from their communities.
