The attack on the Nimbo community might be fading from the nation’s collective consciousness, but it is still quite real for those who experienced it, so real, that 2 women have reportedly lost their minds over it.
The attack which took place on the 25th of April 2016, in Nimbo, Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State claimed many lives and has now destroyed even more.
According to the Sun, this development was confirmed by the Olowo of the community, Elder Michael Ugwu. He said that two women who lost their Husbands in the attack went mad a few weeks after.
“It was a big blow to us because we never knew such will happen to some of the women. We barely started recovering when the news came that one Mrs Agnes Ajogu whose husband Okey Ajogu was butchered in her presence by the Fulani herdsmen has gone mad. Though we have observed that since after the attack, the horror of seeing her husband being butchered and his heart removed from his body, her senses were seriously affected, but we thought she would get over it after some weeks only for her to go mad completely.
“The worst part of the whole thing is that she has nine children and we believe that the thought of how to take care of them might have also contributed to her madness”, Ugwu said.
Ugwu also said that another woman, Mrs Eberechukwu Ako whose husband was killed in her presence was also reported to have lost her senses.
Ugwu also said that another woman, Mrs Eberechukwu Ako whose husband was killed in her presence was also reported to have lost her senses.
“We are yet to ascertain the truth about her condition, but there is reliable report that she has lost her senses. After witnessing the death of her husband, her late husband’s brother Mr Clement Ako took her to Anambra state to stay with her parents because she was pregnant and there is no one at home to take care of her. News came that she delivered a baby boy and lost her senses after. Presently she is still in Anambra with her parents and we are planning to send some people to go and find out how she is doing”, the Olowo said.
The Olowo also told the tale of another lady Mrs Ako Regina who went mad few days after the attack due to the death of her brother Cyprian Ako who was also killed during the attack as he was running with his sister.
Cletus Ako, another sibling of Regina, explained that the trauma of the incident made her go mad.
He said, “That very day, I was not at home. My brother Cyprian was running with our only sister Regina when he was killed and she witnessed it. She was the one that explained what happened when I came back. But even when she was telling me, she was full of tears and kept repeating words. At first, I thought it was the shock but few days later it became obvious that my sister has gone mad.
“What she does now is going round the entire village showing people my late brother’s passport she was holding and telling them she wants to die with him. It pains me when I remember my dead brother but it is more painful realizing that my only sister has also gone mad when I should use her to console myself over the death of my brother Cyprian”