From Ifeoma Ejiofor
Hoodlums have again invaded Lilu community in Ihiala LGA of Anambra State and made away with food stuffs including dogs, yam, fowls and goats.
The community has been under constant attack from the unknown gunmen for the past five years.
The rampaging hoodlums were said to have moved from house to house and carted away bags of rice and other palliative donated to the ravaged community by the Chief Executive of Air Peace airline, Chief Allen Onyema who hails from a neighboring Mbosi community.
The hoodlums, according to local and security sources were reported to have literally become hysterical since the Youths took over control of the security, peace, representation of Lilu last year.
Sources who pleaded for anonymity blamed the renewed and enriched conversation about their nefarious activities in the area by the well-attended Lilu Youth Development Forum(LYDF) conference.
The Conference which held at the Ihiala Council Headquarters got a big boost with the attendance of the traditional ruler of Lilu, Igwe Godson Onyediri, members of his cabinet, top stakeholders and local and foreign development partners/investors who he brought from USA to help turn the economy of Lilu around.
Igwe Onyediri while commenting on the renewed attack on his community noted that the insurgents who operates in commando guerrilla style invaded their community again, carting all the yuletide stock of edibles in their homes especially the bags of rice, other palliatives donated and distributed by kind-hearted citizens.
The monarch expressed shocked that the rampaging hoodlums invaded people’s premises and took away dogs, fowls, goats, tubers of yam etc.
This, the monarch admitted wasn’t too surprising due to the noose tightly gripping their necks and waists right now from diverse corners.
He expressed strong belief that the countdown of the end of the days of their nefarious enterprise has since begun.
“What with the daily aerial and ground surveillance of the Odochi stream axis and the stretch bothering Lilu, and Ezinifite communities, both in Anambra State and Orsu-Ihite-Ukwa community in Imo State where they had initially taken as their inviolable abode and safe haven, the end of their criminal activities is certainly near,” Igwe Onyediri asserted.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for Anambra State Police Command, Tochukwu Ikenga(SP) could not be reached for his comment on the latest attack on Lilu community.