Crisis is rocking Iggah community in Uzo Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State.
Though the cause of the crisis is not yet clear, a trending video from the community showed people’s property, including houses and shops, being burnt.A voice narrating the incident in the video did not say the cause of the crisis but accused the military and the police of setting the property, including houses on fire.
Another video footage showed a multitude of weeping Iggah women and children protesting the calamity brought upon the community by the invaders. When Iggah community stakeholders questioned the action, a known figure said to be a notorious land speculator from Adani was said to have mobilised policemen on mufti and mercenaries he hired from a neighbouring state to Iggah to attack them. In the process, one of the policemen allegedly shot an Iggah man, sparking off the crisis.
A farmer in Ada Rice farmland settlement was said to have collapsed and died from shock after learning that his farm had been razed by military men.
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