A bloodbath
may be imminent in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State after Fulani
herdsmen recently robbed and raped women in the area. It has also
been learnt that two residents were reported to have been killed by the
herdsmen recently, a situation that has made the residents to live in fear.
A resident
of the area alleged that the herdsmen had few days ago raped some young girls
and middle-aged women and robbed motorists along Adani-Nsukka highway of their
valuables and cash.
"We
see what has been happening in the community as an attempt to chase us out of
our fatherland," said the resident, who insisted on being anonymous.
He said but
for the quick intervention of the police, the indigenes had started preparing
for a showdown to
chase the
herdsmen out of the area. It was
gathered that in quick response to the development, the Area Commander, Nsukka
Police Area Command, Rose-Armson Haladu, mobilised forces and fortified the
area.
The
commander had moved the Armoured Personnel Carrier, a team of anti-robbery
policemen and other police patrol vans to Adani community to ensure there was
no breakdown of law and order.
In his
reaction, the Chairman of the local government area, Mr. Cornel Onwubuya, said
on the telephone that Fulani herdsmen had always been the problem of Adani
community for a very long time.
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