Fulani leader explains why herdsmen attacked Enugu
15:08 06/05/2016
Abuja – The leader of the Fulani community in the
South- East Ardo Saidu Baso,has revealed the reasons
Fulani herdsmen attacked and killed scores of Ukpabi-
Nimbo people of Enugu State last week, New Telegraph
reports.
Baso, who is also the deputy leader of Miyetti Allah
Cattle Breeders’ Association, South East chapter, said
that four Fulani people were killed around Ukpabi-
Nimbo in December last year and less than a week later,
two boys from one Fulani parents based in Nasarawa
State were equally killed.
The father of the deceased, saddened by the news of their
death, visited Uzo-Uwani to find out what happened,
only for him to also be killed according to the Fulani
leader.
Ardo stated that he got intelligence about the impending
attack on Nimbo and that he informed the local
government chairman, the governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi,
the state commissioner of police and the Area
Commander of police at Nsukka about it.
The Fulani leader said that he even embarked on a
journey to Nasarawa at the prompting of Uzo- Uwani
Local Government Area Chairman, Cornel Onwubuya,
to forestall the attack and possibly invite the families of
the deceased for a dialogue.
He stated that on reaching Otukpo in Benue State, he
learnt that the Fulani people from Nasarawa State had
already camped at the bush in Amaeke Nsukka
preparatory for the attack and that he aborted his
journey and rushed back to
