A witness at the Retired Justice Joseph Fola Gbadeyan-led Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the killing of scores of security operatives by the Eggon suspected Ombatse sect members, alleged yesterday that members of the group carried out a mayhem on Anah settlement of Doma LGA, shouting “Ombatse”, as they slaughtered people with machetes.
Muhammadu Adagbo, who presented a memorandum for and on behalf of 10 other people of Alago speaking ethnic group of Anah, which suffered series of bloody attacks between January and March this year, also presented a list of 37 Eggon names, alleging that they were part of the suspected killers of dozens of Alago people of Anah between January and March.
“They killed using mostly machetes and shouted Ombatse. They also had guns”, said Adagbo, further allegeing that members of the “Ombatse militia killed to execute a hidden and grand agenda of the Eggon people in the state.”
He said Anah, which is commonly called Burumburum – a settlement of Alago, Eggon, Hausa, Kabawa, Fulani, Gwandara and Tiv, “was a peaceful community until the activities of the Ombatse (Eggon) militia group.”
weekly trust
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