No fewer than four persons have been murdered while 10 others sustained various degrees of injuries in a 2:00am attack on two communities.
It was gathered that the herdsmen attacked Obie Aku and Opanda, two Nimbo villages in Uzo-Uwani local council area of Enugu State, about 2:00am when the residents were asleep.
The attack took place about 24 hours after herders were reportedly stopped from grazing their cattle in the communities.
There was a heated argument between the farmers and the herdsmen, but the pastoralists were kept out of the farmlands, it was learnt.
The herders reportedly launched the attacks after the disagreement.
A village source claimed that many residents were missing after the attack.
“Our people were in their houses on Sunday afternoon when some people ran back to inform them that some herders came with their cattle to graze in their farm settlement. Our people went there to ask them to leave because they had already destroyed some crops in the farms.
“In the course of this interruption, a heated argument ensued that led our people to chase them away from the settlement. Remember that Fulani herdsmen killed our people in 2016 when they invaded this community. So, our people didn’t expect anything since they have left in peace.
“Unfortunately this morning they invaded the community and killed more than four people, “the villager who identified himself simply as Stephen said.
The community was attacked Nimbo in April 25, 2016 and dozens of residents were killed.
Spokesman of Enugu State Police Xommand, Daniel Ndukwe, confirmed the incident, saying three persons were wounded.
