A recently graduated Nigerian man, Johnson Enyo-Ojo John, was brutally killed and butchered by unidentified men at a Boys Brigade camping event in Zaina, near Angwar Hakimi, Orozo, in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on March 29.
Confirming the unfortunate incident, the Chief of Igala in Orozo, Amadu Zachariah, said that the Boys’ Brigade had organised a camp for its members in Zaina. He mentioned that due to the threat of rain, the group moved to a nearby church. However, two leaders of the group returned to get their belongings when attackers suspected to be herdsmen ambushed them. While one of the leaders escaped unhurt, the other who was Johnson did not.
“Unfortunately, rain was threatening to fall that night, so they had to move the children from where they were camping to a nearby church. When they moved them there, the leaders of the group- two of them came back because they had packaged and put their load together.
On their way back to carry the load, people suspected to be Fulani boys laid an ambush and attacked them. One escaped, and one was killed as they ran in different directions.
When the other boy who escaped to the village informed the people, they went back to rescue John Johnson, but before they arrived, the assailants had killed him.” he told Sahara Reporters.
Reacting to the unfortunate incident, the FCT Police command’s spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, said the FCT Commissioner of Police, CP Ajao S. Adewale, has ordered a discreet investigation into the attack.
The investigation is ongoing, and community leaders are fully cooperating with the police to ensure the suspects are apprehended. For emergencies or to report suspicious activity, please contact the Command’s emergency lines: 08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653, or 08028940883.” she said
