Imo: How Miyetti Allah Chairman Was Murdered In Owerri |The Source

By Charles Igbo

In Obinze, Owerri-West, Imo state, there are palpable fear, apprehension and tension over the gruesome murder of the Chairman, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association in the State.

The bloody, butchered, body of Alhaji Yaya Haruna, was found, sprawled on floor in Obinze, Imo State, on Saturday.

There were matches cuts all over his body, including his face, chest and neck. He was given no chance of survival. One of his arms  was, almost, completely, cut off from the wrist.

The sub-urban community is one of the host communities  of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, FUTO,  as well as the host community of the 34 Field Artillery Brigade of the Nigeria Army.

For several years,  the Community has been home to Herdsmen, most of who speak Igbo language fluently. There have, also, been inter-tribal marriages between the Igbo and Hausa  Community in the area.

While investigations are on, his immediate younger brother, Alhaji Usaini Haruna, pointed accusing fingers at their cousin, Sali Musa.

He revealed that Musa had been threatening to kill him and his, now, murdered elder brother, in order to take over their cattle.

Both the Sirki Hausawa at the 34 Artillery Brigade, Alhaji Saki Bello, and the Sirki of the Northerners in Imo, Alhaji Waziri Baba Suleiman, expressed shock at the murder.

Suleiman said the late Haruna had been, mostly, responsible for the peaceful co-existence between Cattle Breeders and Imo State indigenes and residents.