Fulani Herdsmen Kill Enugu Community Leader On Farm

Tension pervaded Enugu on Thursday over the killing of a community
leader by Fulani herdsmen.

It was gathered that the deceased, Pa Tagbuo Oguejiofor, 85, a chief,
was murdered at his farm in Oma Eke village in Udi Local Government
Area of the state.

PUNCH reports that before his death, the deceased had driven away some
herdsmen from his farm.

It was gathered that the herds destroyed crops and polluted a water
well that belonged to the deceased.

Reports of the incident fueled fears of possible reprisal on the
Hausa-Fulani community.

However, in a statement, which confirmed the development, the Enugu
State Police Command urged residents to avoid taking the law into
their hands.

The police spokesman, Ebere Amaraizu, who issued the statement, added
that full investigation had commenced into the incident.

Amaraizu said, "The Enugu State Command of the Nigeria Police Force,
through its operatives. has commenced full scale investigations into
the circumstances surrounding the alleged killing of a man as well as
its motives at his farm land at Oma Eke in Udi Local Government Area
of the state on 19/3/15.

"The deceased identified as one Tagbuo Oguejiofor, believed to be
about 85 years, had on Thursday, gone to his farm, located at Oma Eke
in Udi with his wife, when some men, suspected to be Fulani herdsmen,
struck and killed him as he was allegedly inflicted with injuries on
his head.

"The deceased body is now deposited in a nearby hospital for autopsy
while a manhunt for the fleeing assailants has intensified."
--PUNCH