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Following the recent killing of nine persons at a cattle market, the Government of Abia State yesterday sent a delegation to condole with the families of the deceased in Gombe State while also promising to pay compensation on behalf of those affected.
The Eastern Updates gathered that seven of the victims, who were killed by hoodlums, were said to be indigenes of Gombe State.
According to the acting President, Cattle Dealers Association of Nigeria, Yahuza Yusuf, no government from the southern part of the country had shown sympathy to the body like the Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu.
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He disclosed that the governor, who made it clear that he could not compensate for the lives lost, promised ₦2m naira each to the families of the deceased, which had yet to be redeemed, adding that about ₦150,000 had been provided.
‘We asked him (Ikpeazu) to pay for our damages and he said he couldn’t pay for all our damages, but he gave us ₦150,000 as the worth of each cow and he promised to support the affected families to survive and additional ₦2m to the families, but that has yet to be paid,‘ Yusuf stated.
He also revealed that the association went to Abia State to bring back surviving members, noting that Ikpeazu objected to the decision.
‘The governor said the people were under his care; he gave us good attention and we stayed with him for more than three hours. That is the only governor who did that to us since all these things happened in the South,’ Yusuf added.
On his part, the representative of the governor and paramount ruler of Abriba, Kalu Ogbu, expressed sadness over the killings while also promising that the Government has put measures in place to forestall future occurrence.
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