Enugu Killings: Police, Army Have Explanations to Make, Says Ugwuanyi
- Constitutes Judicial Commission of Inquiry
Christopher Isiguzo in Enugu
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu state on Friday
reviewed last Monday’s invasion of the agrarian community of Ukpabi
Nimbo in Uzouwani local government area of the state by suspected Fulani
herdsmen where scores of people were killed and property worth millions
of naira destroyed, and stated that the security agencies have a lot of
explanation to make in view of the assurances to forestall the attack.
Addressing major stakeholders in the
state, including the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, members
of the National and State Assemblies, council chairmen and members of
the State Executive Council as well as PDP chieftains at the Government
House, the governor said he was at a loss as to why the attack took
place in the first place.
The governor who also gave an
indication that he would constituting a judicial commission of inquiry
to investigate the immediate and remote causes of all the
violent occurrences in the State associated with suspected Fulani
Herdsmen and recommend appropriate measures that will be put in place to
prevent future occurrence, noted that the attack was avoidable.
“What happened between 6.30am and 7.30 am
on Monday 25th April, 2016 despite assurances from the Security
Agencies? Only the Security Agencies can answer this question,” he
fumed.
Going down memory lane, the governor
explained that “four days ago on Monday April 25, 2016 many of our
brothers and sisters in Nimbo in Uzo Uwani Local Government Area of the
state were murdered in cold blood by suspected Fulani herdsmen who have
been grazing their cattle in that area for a while now.
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