Revelations are beginning to emerge over the deadly shooting in Anambra State which left at least 13 Ebonyi State indigenes dead.
The incident, NATIONAL POST reported, occurred at Ogboji community on Monday during a meeting by the Ebonyi community in the area.
A former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ebonyi State, known for his fearless posts on social media, Nwobo Chika Nwoba has claimed that an indigene of Ebonyi State invited the gunmen who carried out the attack.
Although he did not disclose the name, he said the prime suspect is already in police custody.
According to him, two brothers were having issues and the other reported the matter to the Ebonyi community in Ogboji, adding that the meeting extended to Monday.
He said, “The other one who refused attending the meeting then gave false information to unknown gunmen who arrived the venue of the meeting and asked for the chairman of the meeting.
“Nobody accepted to point at the chairman. The gunmen then opened fire at the members of the forum and got 11 persons down.
“The chairman survived the attack and has spoken from hospital.”
Nwoba further stated that “The guy who brought unknown gunmen into the matter is currently in the net of SWAT in Awkuzu and volunteering information as regards what happened. This is the report coming from some of the Ebonyi people in Ogboji.
“Like I said earlier, Ogboji has seen it all in the hands of unknown gunmen for some years now. The leader of Gov. Soludo's Agunaechemba security outfit in Orumba South LGA of Anambra State is from Ebonyi State. His nickname is Akpantu ㅡ a bag of nails.”
While warning against spreading of falsehood, Nwoba said the matter should not be misinterpreted to mean an attack against Ebonyians by the people of Anambra State.
“Don't pass wrong pieces of information to people to cause frayed nerves. The matter isn't a case of Ndi Anambra attacking Ebonyi people in Anambra State. It's far from it.
“You see Umunze, Aguluezechukwu and Ogboji, Owerre Ezukala and Ogbunka with a spur to Ihite, all within Orumba South and only Aguluezechukwu in Aguata, they've seen it all for two years now, moreover Umunze and Ogboji.
“Let's be guided. I can't support any attack on Ebonyi people, and I will not be in cahoots with those trying to incite Ebonyi people against Ndi Anambra,” he stated.
Meanwhile, Ebonyi State governor, Francis Nwifuru has described the killing as unacceptable, vowing to get justice for the victims.
This is also as the Anambra State Government has condemned the massacre, urging the police to conduct a thorough invitation.
This was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by the Commissioner for Information, Dr Law Mefor.
He said the government, working with security operatives, will ensure that the perpetrators will be fished out.