Herdsmen Attack: FG Removes Enugu Police Commissioner

The Nigeria Police has removed the Commissioner of Police, Enugu State, Mr. Nwodibo Ekechukwu, over the attack on Ukpabi Nimbo in the State by suspected Fulani herdsmen.

The Force Public Relations Officer, Bisi Kolawole, confirmed on Tuesday that Ekechukwu had been posted out of the state to another command.

“Enugu CP has been posted out of the state to another command and a new CP, Emmanuel Ojukwu, has taken over. The redeployment is part of strategies to improve police effectiveness across the country.”

On Monday last week, no fewer than 20 persons in Ukpabi Nimbo, an agrarian community in the Uzo-Uwani area of Enugu State, were killed while many others were injured during an attack.

It was claimed that scores of armed cattle breeders, reportedly numbering more than 100, stormed the sleepy community in the early hours of the day.

The police high command was said to have been angry due to the fact that the villagers had informed the state police command about the impending attack but the formation did nothing to forestall it.

None of the cattle rearers, who were allegedly the aggressors, was arrested.

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered heads of security agencies to take all necessary actions to get those behind the attacks and bring them to justice, either they are Fulani or not.