The leader of youths in Eziowelle community, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra state, Nigeria, Ugochukwu Valentine Asikwo, 42, has narrated how he narrowly escaped, not just incarceration but death many times from paid security agents.
He claims that, he and some other youths and prominent indigenes of the community have been targets of ceaseless attacks, indiscriminate arrests and assassination attempts on trumped up charges allegedly by leaders of their community over land tussle.
He pointed accusing fingers at some security agents, a land developer, and the civilian security outfit, Ebubeagu in the area. He gave a vivid narration of his escape from death month back.
“At 5am, on Tuesday last month, I woke up from a bad dream and I start to hear sounds from the gate. I looked through the window and saw people jumping through the fence. They were all dressed in dark clothes and wore masks.
They were more than forty, fully armed with pump action rifles. They broke the iron doors. Four of them that entered through the gate were carrying AK47 which showed that they were government officials. Their four hilux buses and a shuttle bus were seen in front of my gate. Those who carried pump action are operatives of Ebubeagu. he added.