Police Nabs 20-year-old Deviser Of Enugu Herdsmen Attack

The suspected prime mover of the recent attack by herdsmen on Ndiagu Attakwu Akegbe Ugwu community in Nkanu West Local Government Area in Enugu state has been apprehended by the Enugu state police command.

The command’s spokesman, Mr Ebere Amaraizu, In a statement released on Friday made public that the suspect is 20-year-old Umaru Isah from Gusau, capital of Zamfara. Revealing that the suspect was arrested following an intelligence made available to the command.

In his words“The Enugu State Police Command in its resolve to unmask the perpetrators of the attack on Ndiagu Attakwu Akegbe Ugwu has nabbed one Umaru Isah over his alleged involvement in the incident.

“The suspect, who claimed to be 20 years of age, said he came to Enugu from Gusau in Zamfara State to rear cattle, but has none to rear till now.

“Investigations are still on with a view to unmasking his gang,” he said.

Amaraizu also avowed that all those who perpetrated the crime would be brought to justice as the police will leave no stone unturned in fishing them out.

In the same attack in the early hours of Thursday, a Catholic Seminarian, identified as Mr. Lazarus Nwankwo, was killed when suspected herdsmen attacked the community. The hoodloms also left varying degrees of machete cuts on four other victims, including a pregnant woman.

This happening just four months after, suspected herdsmen stormed, butchered  and killed 11 people and injured many others in Nimbo community in Uzo Uwani Local Government Area of  Enugu state.

So sad!