This development was confirmed by the spokesman of the Benue State Police Command, ASP Moses Yamu
Browsing: Fulani herdsmen
The spokesman of the command, Ebere Amaraizu, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Enugu that there was no substance in the rumour and urged the public to discountenance it
Zurai said the attack was a revenge mission, claiming that six Fulani herdsmen were killed in the past by members of the Nimbo Community, but the government and leaders of the community did nothing to fish out the killers
Suspected Fulani herdsmen had on April 25, 2016 stormed Nimbo in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State killing over 40 persons and injuring many
In the bid to further prevent the Fulani herdsmen from grazing, Fayose on Monday empowered local hunters in the state
The Court pronounced the guilty verdict on the two Fulani nomads on a two count charge of unlawful possession of firearms proffered against them by the Attorney-General of Delta State and punishable under Section 3(1) of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provision) Act Cap R.II, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2010 and were sentenced to 10 years imprisonment each with hard labour and without an option of fine
Madi said: “As you are aware, just some few days ago we had a problem in one community (Nimbo Community in Uzo-Uwani LGA) where herdsmen were purported to have attacked and several lives were lost
At a news conference held at the National Assembly, Abuja, the Chairman of the NSF, Senator Abdulahi Adamu, said people should stop holding Fulani herdsmen responsible for invasion of villages by gunmen
Ugwuanyi disclosed that “only the security agencies can answer why” the attacks took place as they had given him assurances that the herdsmen attacks would be forestalled
The ACF, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Muhammad Ibrahim, commiserated with the government and people of Enugu State “over this unfortunate ugly incident”
Soyinka, who spoke at the National Conference on Culture and Tourism on Wednesday, said till now he does not understand what the government meant by Boko Haram being “militarily degraded”
The Senate also set up a six-man ad-hoc committee under the Chairmanship of the Senate Leader, Ali Ndume (APC Borno South), to carry out thorough investigation of recent attacks of the herdsmen and possible way out of the menace
It is argued, rightly or wrongly, that the nomadic pastoralist has been overtaken by a certain sense of unbridled arrogance arising from that notorious na-my-brother-dey-power mentality and the assumption that “the Fulani cattle” must drink water, by all means, from the Atlantic ocean
When I read a short while ago, the Presidential assurance to this nation that the current homicidal escalation between the cattle prowlers and farming communities would soon be over, I felt mortified
At the end of an emergency meeting of the Association in Abuja on Wednesday, the association also warned that the people of Uzo Uwani will no longer fold their arms and watch any group or individual attack communities for the single objective of killing, maiming and destruction of people and communities
Joined by other clergymen and concerned Enugu State residents, the group marched through the major streets of Enugu to protest Monday’s attack of Nimbo in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State
The President gave the order in Abuja in his address delivered by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, at the public presentation of a book entitled: “Who will love my country: Ideas for building the Nigeria of our dream.”
The Fulani herdsmen were reported to have invaded Odozi-Obodo community at Onu-Eke, Nimbo in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State in the early hours of Monday
The farm was last year invaded by some Fulani herdsmen, who kidnapped the Yoruba leader
This followed series of conflicts between the two communities, with the Police attributing the killings to communal strife, which culminated in the killing of a Fulani boy by youths from the community.