50 Secret Cult Members Attacked Enugu Governor’s Lodge

In the wee hours of Saturday March 8, 2014, 50
suspected secret cult members stormed Enugu State
Government Lodge.
The young cultists attempted to forcefully take over
the Government House, but were repelled by security
operatives attached to the seat of power.
There was a heavy shooting by the security
operatives comprising policemen, men of the Nigeria
Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC and soldiers
who succeeded in preventing them from gaining
entry. One of the invaders was, however, shot dead
and three arrested, while others escaped with
wounds.
Several machetes were recovered from the fleeing
members of the gang.
Although the mission of the young men, who were
armed with several machetes and flags with different
inscriptions and insignia belonging to some secret
cults is yet to be known, an eyewitness said they
arrived the Government House at about 4.30 am in
buses.
They reportedly parked their vehicles along Nza
Street and marched to the Government House gate
where they met the security operatives.
They were said to have told the security men to open
the gate claiming that they were at the Government
House on protest. But when one the NSCDC officials
opened the gate to ask why they decided to come in
the night, one of the invaders gave him a machete
cut on the hand and made attempts to force the gate
open.
Sensing danger, the security operatives rushed out
only to see many of them wielding machetes and
giving orders to their members to move into the
Government House.
The Chief Security Officer to Governor Sullivan
Chime, Mr. Fidelis Ogarabe, DSP, who rushed to the
scene after he was alerted by his men, immediately
took control of the situation, as the security
operatives succeeded in repelling them after hours of
shooting.
The security operatives pursued them from the
Government House premises into the Independence
Layout, but only succeeded in arresting three.
It was learnt that the young men ,some of whom tied
red bands on their arms similar to those of the
Bakassi Boys operating in some states in the South
East, dodged the bullets as they were suspected to
be wearing local bulletproofs popularly called Odieshi
in Igbo. In an official reaction to the development
yesterday, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor
Sullivan Chime, Mr. Chukwudi Achife said "vigilant
security personnel attached to the Government
House Enugu early this morning foiled an armed
attack on the Government House."
Achife said, "the attack occurred when at about 4.30
am a group of young men numbering about 50 and
carrying machetes and cutlasses invaded the
Government House and tried to force their way in.
"The attackers were immediately engaged by the
security personnel who shot dead one person and
arrested three. One security personnel was injured in
the attack."

Sent From David Aniemeka