The Police have arrested two Fulani herdsmen alleged to be behind the invasion of Ichama community in Okpokwu local government area of Benue State which led to the death of five people.
The state Police Public Relation Officer, PPRO, DSP Daniel Ezeala who disclosed this to newsmen yesterday disclosed that the suspected herdsmen were apprehended by security men when they were attempting to escape to a neighbouring state.
Similarly, Juliana Obeta, chairman of Okpokwu local government council, who also spoke to newsmen on phone yesterday, said that the suspected herdsmen were apprehended close to Enugu State.
She said all the cows carted away by the marauders were recovered and returned to the Catholic Diocese in Ichama.
Obeta who commended the policemen for prompt response to the ugly development also praised the youths in the council area who she said went extra mile into the bush to assist the security operatives to search for the fleeing Fulani herdsmen.
According to her, “the joint efforts of both the security men and our youths who braved the odds and went into the bush in search of marauders helped in apprehending the Fulanis and all the cows stolen’.
It would be recalled that the marauders invaded Ichama community in the council area on Monday night, killed people and carted away 40 cows belonging to Otukpo Catholic Diocese.
But the state secretary of Myetialla Cattle Rearers Association of Nigeria, Garus Gololo said the attack was not perpetrated by the Fulanis but by unknown gunmen.
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The state Police Public Relation Officer, PPRO, DSP Daniel Ezeala who disclosed this to newsmen yesterday disclosed that the suspected herdsmen were apprehended by security men when they were attempting to escape to a neighbouring state.
Similarly, Juliana Obeta, chairman of Okpokwu local government council, who also spoke to newsmen on phone yesterday, said that the suspected herdsmen were apprehended close to Enugu State.
She said all the cows carted away by the marauders were recovered and returned to the Catholic Diocese in Ichama.
Obeta who commended the policemen for prompt response to the ugly development also praised the youths in the council area who she said went extra mile into the bush to assist the security operatives to search for the fleeing Fulani herdsmen.
According to her, “the joint efforts of both the security men and our youths who braved the odds and went into the bush in search of marauders helped in apprehending the Fulanis and all the cows stolen’.
It would be recalled that the marauders invaded Ichama community in the council area on Monday night, killed people and carted away 40 cows belonging to Otukpo Catholic Diocese.
But the state secretary of Myetialla Cattle Rearers Association of Nigeria, Garus Gololo said the attack was not perpetrated by the Fulanis but by unknown gunmen.
http://www.nigerianpilot.com/police-arrest-invading-herdsmen-in-benue/