Bayo Akinloye
More than a year after the massacre of more than 40 people in Nimbo, an agrarian community in Enugu State, a church, Christ Holy Church International, has called on the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, to redeem his promise to the church.
According to the church’s Vicar-in-Charge, Rev. Samuel Chukwuemeka, the senator had during his visit to the community a day after the herdsmen attack, promised to rebuild a burnt building which used to house the clergy and other members.
“Senator Ike Ekweremadu promised to give us N2m when he came with the state governor to assess the damage done by the Fulani herdsmen. He saw the burnt building on the church’s premises and promised to give us N2m.
“Maybe he has forgotten about the money he promised us. The pastor and other members of the church have nowhere to stay. For more than a year, we are living like refugees in someone else’s house,” the Assistant Pastor, John Orajiaka, told SUNDAY PUNCH.
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