Photo: Micheal-left & Thadeus’ Mother -right
Fulani herdsmen recently unleashed mayhem at Nimbo, a peace-loving
community known for its abundant agricultural produce in Uzo-Uwani Local
Government Area of Enugu State after the barbaric killing of two
teenage-students, who were helping their parents in a farm work.
Residents of the area alleged that the herdsmen who settled in the
forest of the community for long, had been robbing, harassing and raping
women at farmlands and on Nsukka–Adani Expressway after which they
retire to the forest posing as cattle-rearers.
Before the killing of the teenagers who were identified as Thadeus
Utazi, 17, JS111 and Okeh Michael, 19, SSII, the Fulani herdsmen had on
different occasions, allegedly carried out broad day light robbery with
sophisticated weapons on the road without fear of being intercepted by
security agents stationed at Adani and Nsukka Police Area Commands.
They were also reportedly armed with sharpened machetes and arrows
during