Enugu
State Governor, Ifeaanyi Ugwuanyi has visited the troubled Ukpabi Nimbo
Community where Fulani herdsmen unleashed
mayhem killing over 40 persons last Monday.
The
Governor while addressing the victims of the attack at Nimbo community called for peace, fasting and prayers for
the intervention of God, assuring them and the people of the state that he will
do everything possible within his constitutional powers to end the incessant
menace posed by the herdsmen in the state.
The governor also disclosed that
when he got a security report on Sunday that the attack will take place in the
community, he immediately summoned an emergency meeting of the State Security
Council which met on Sunday night till the early hours of Monday, shortly
before the herdsmen struck, regretting that the sad incident eventually
occurred after all assurances given to him by security operatives that the
attack will not happen.
The scheduled meeting, according to
the source, is expected to map out the best strategies that would promote peace
and end the attacks from the herdsmen
This
newspaper was informed that the Governor later summoned an emergency meeting
after visiting the community where he met with traditional
rulers, presidents-general of town unions and leaders of the neighbourhood
watch groups in all communities in the state.
It was gathered that one of the decisions
taken at the meeting as part of finding lasting solutions to the problem is
hold another meeting on Monday, May 2 at Old Governor’s lodge, Enugu by 1pm.
The source also revealed that the
governor was determined to put an end to the inhuman acts of the herdsmen which
have consumed the lives and property of innocent citizens of the state as well
as threatened the peace and security of the state and the nation at large.
The scheduled meeting, according to
the source, is expected to map out the best strategies that would promote peace
and end the attacks from the herdsmen.
BY EZE EGEJURU
PHOTO: Gov Ugwuanyi of Enugu State
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