Ebubeagu is a vigilante outfit set up by the Imo State government which reports to the government and largely, not answerable to the Imo State Police Command.
Youths in Imo State, who are protesting the gruesome killings of 14 wedding guests in Awo-Omamma in Oru West Council Area, have blocked the Owerri-Onitsha federal road, while demanding that all the perpetrators must be brought to justice.
The protesters were drawn from Awo Omamma, Mgbidi, Amiri and other neighbouring communities who joined the youths of Otulu community in Oru East to protest the high-handedness and extrajudicial killings of the youths by Ebubeagu, South-East security outfit.
SaharaReporters had reported that the Ebubeagu opportunists opened fire and killed 14 wedding guests returning to their community Otulu on Sunday evening.
'Ebubeagu' is a vigilante outfit set up by the Imo State government which reports to the government and largely, not answerable to the Imo State Police Command.
SaharaReporters learnt that the protesters brandished placards with various inscriptions such as "Ebubeagu is a criminal gang", "Say no to Ebubeagu", "We demand justice for the killing of our brothers", "Uzodinma stop killing our people" and several others.
They however, insisted that the people killed were innocent and that the government should regulate the activities of the Ebubeagu outfit.
In a video of the protests seen by SaharaReporters on Wednesday, a protester, who identified himself only as Amanfo, said, "The entire Oru nation is here gathered - Oru East and Oru West - we are on a daily basis terrorised by operatives of Ebubeagu to the extent that we no longer sleep with our eyes closed. These innocent young men slain by Ebubeagu are a witness to what we have had to endure for too long. Their excesses are now beyond us, and we call on the government to put an end to this harassment and terrorism in our land."
The protesting communities were seen blocking the Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) of the Nigerian Army and several military patrol vehicles to stage the protest which reportedly lasted for hours on the Owerri-Onitsha expressway.