Gunmen suspected to the cattle herders Thursday evening attacked a school bus conveying students of St Paul’s College, Eke, in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State, leaving a female student dead and many others injured.
Reports by Daily Post said the gunmen who attacked the bus apperently in search of kidnap victims opened fire. Many students were hit some are on danger list in the hospital.
A voice narrated in a video recording of the incident: “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, (pointing at another victim) we are praying that God will sustain her; she sustained four bullet wounds.
“This was done by the Fulanis operating at Eke-Egede Road; these are the ones that survived; the government should come to our rescue. Our place is now a death zone.”
Principal of the school owned by the Catholic Church, Rev. Fr. Frank 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.”
A community leader disclosed that for many years the Udi areas has been a flash point of crime.
“The security agencies know that they have been occupying that location for several years now, committing all manner of crimes.
“We don’t know why it is difficult to flush them out from that location.
“Many lives have been lost to their murderous activities on that Eke-Egede Road,” he lamented.
