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It was outrage at the Catholic Diocese of Nsukka in Enugu State after a  masquerade, Oriokpa inflicted matchet cuts, beatings to a Catholic seminarian identified as, Lawrence Ezeugwu, which aftermath put the latter in coma. According to DAILYPOST 'Over the years, the masquerades have remained thorns in the flesh of residents and visitors, who are always forced to part with some money or get the beating of their lives, even as women are being raped. ‎Leading in condemnation of the attack, Prof. Godfrey Onah, the Catholic Bishop of Nsukka, urged law enforcement agencies to treat masquerades that block roads, beat, harm and extort money from people as terrorists and cultists.