By Endy NDULAKA, South-East Investigator Bureau Chief/
ENUGU– SUSPECTED members of blood thirsty and heathen Fulani herders weekend went berserk and murdered gour persons in cold blood in Uguejiro village Nimbo. The murder according to the Commissioner of Police CP Kanayo Uzuegbo waz unprovoked and unwarranted and has therefore given a matching order to his men to fish out perpetrators. The state Governor, Mr. Peter Mba reportedly visited the scene of crime for an on the spot assessessment. A statement by the Command’s PRO, DSP Daniel Ndukwe made available to CrimeWorld magazine online quoted CP Uzuegbu as assuring members of the community that the killers of the four indigene would soon be brought to justice. DSP Ndukwe added, “The Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command, CP Kanayo Uzuegbu, has described as senseless and unwarranted, the attack and gruesome murder of four persons in the pre-dusk hours of April 28, 2024, at Ugwuijero Village in Nimbo community of Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area. Hence, he has orderd the deployment of the Command’s operational and intelligence resources to sustain the ongoing operations to hunt down the assailants suspected to be herders.
“He assures that the operations, which are directly under his command and control, will use everything at the disposal of the Police to bring the perpetrators to book. The Commissioner made this known after accompanying the Executive Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, to visit the community for an on-the-spot assessment of the incident. He commiserates with the immediate families of the victims, citizens of the Ugwuijero, and the entire Nimbo community over the unfortunate incident, noting that the Command will never allow incidents of this nature to persist anywhere in the State. Consequently, the CP urges people of the community and the entire citizenry to remain supportive, especially as the Police deploy community-policing-enabled kinetic and non-kinetic means to frontally tackle this manner of inconceivable violent crimes.
“Meanwhile, members of the community and the public with useful information or intelligence that will assist the Police in the ongoing operations, have been called upon to provide the same through 08098880172 or 08086671202, or by sending emails to infoenugupolice@gmail.com.”