They came for Augustine Odogwu who is our chairman but starting shooting at us after k!lling Odogwu--Onuoha Godwin(Survivor of the Ogboji mass k!lling)
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According to The Nation, Onuoha Godwin, identified as a member of the Ebonyi State Welfare Association in Ogboji, was among those present at the meeting and managed to survive the attack, though he sustained serious injuries and has been left emotionally traumatized.
Godwin, who hails from Inyimagu in the Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, reportedly explained that the attackers arrived at the venue of their monthly meeting with clear intent to kill.
According to him;
“The first thing they (attackers) asked was ‘Who's Augustine Odogwu ?’ Then they ordered everybody to lie down."
Augustine Odogwu, who serves as the Chairman of the Ogboji branch of the Association, was believed to have been the primary target of the attackers
"They dragged me up, and asked me what meeting we were doing. I told them it was the general meeting of Ebonyi indigenes. They said we were kicking against them, and then they shot me."
He reportedly said that the attackers fired multiple shots into the air and issued threats to kill everyone present unless Augustine was identified.
"They came to me again and asked me to show them Augustine or they would kill me. I pointed at him. They brought him out and shot him right there. Then they shot me again.”
Godwin reportedly described the scene that followed as one of mass carnage, saying the gunmen began shooting indiscriminately at members of the Association, resulting in the immediate deaths of about eleven people and leaving many others severely injured.
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