Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Herdsmen attack: Enugu police commissioner removed

The Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command, Mr. Nwodibo Ekechukwu, has been removed following the alleged herdsmen attack on Ukpabi Nimbo in Enugu 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. 


She, however, did not state why the police boss was redeployed.

“The Enugu State 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,” she stated.

On Monday last week, no fewer than 20 persons in Ukpabi Nimbo, an agrarian community in the Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State, were killed while many other residents were injured during an attack by Fulani herdsmen.

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

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