Following persistent threat to his life in the hand of people suspected to be cultists Mr. Afamu Ezeyi has fled his ancestral home in Ihiala, Ihiala Local government area in Anambra state of Nigeria.
This was disclosed by Mr. Chukwudi Ezeyi, while speaking to pressmen on behalf of the family in Lagos.
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He said trouble began sometimes in 2013 when suspected cultists stormed their family compound Ihiala and killed Mr. Lambert Ezeyi, the father of Afamu.
He alleged that thereafter killing of Lambert, the cultists began threatening Afamu that they must kill him as they had killed his father.
He noted that though, the matter was reported to the police but no arrest has been made because most of the cultists are operating outside the state.
Chidu called on government to save his family from cultists, especially Afamu who has been penciled down for elimination.
“I want to use this opportunity to call on relevant agencies both local and international to save my younger brother from been killed by people suspected to be dreaded cultists.
“It began sometimes in 2013 when our father Lambert Ezeyi was brutally killed by suspected cultists. Incidentally, Lambert was the father of Afamu Ezeyi whom the cultists has vowed to kill like his father.
“Unlike before when target of cultists are their members who break their rules or supremacy battle with their rivals, many innocent people like Lambert and Afamu who did not have anything to do with their association are been kill daily in Nigeria,” Chukwudi said.
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