Enugu—Worried by the accusation emanating from one
Alhaji Sodu,an Enugu-based Fulani herdsman who claimed
over the weekend that three of his sons and over 100 cows
were missing, an aftermath of an alleged attack by Aku
community youths, the entire Aku Welfare Association
Federated, AWAF, yesterday, disassociated the community
from such nefarious activities.
The union in a joint news briefing with all the traditional
rulers of Aku community revealed that the purported attack
did not take place within Aku boundary but instead, within
Agu-Affa/Agu-Egede in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu
State.

Enugu—Worried by the accusation emanating from one
Alhaji Sodu,an Enugu-based Fulani herdsman who claimed
over the weekend that three of his sons and over 100 cows
were missing, an aftermath of an alleged attack by Aku
community youths, the entire Aku Welfare Association
Federated, AWAF, yesterday, disassociated the community
from such nefarious activities.
The union in a joint news briefing with all the traditional
rulers of Aku community revealed that the purported attack
did not take place within Aku boundary but instead, within
Agu-Affa/Agu-Egede in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu
State.

“Security report from Igbo-Etiti Divisional Police Officer, DPO, during an interactive session between Aku community
leaders and the division at Ogbede revealed that the attackers were suspected armed robbers; that butchering 10 cows and stealing another 300 is no mean feat and would be easily detected within Aku community, which is very close knit.”

It will be recalled that a palpable fear had engulfed Aku
community last weekend,in Igbo-Etiti Local Government
Area of Enugu State following the allegation from Alhaji
Sodu. Vanguard’s investigations showed that Alhaji Sodu
has since reunited with his three sons. His allegation forced
members of the community to scamper to safety over fears
of reprisal attack.

Monarch urges govt to enact law regulating activities
of herdsmen
Meantime, the traditional ruler of Unadu in Igboeze South
Local Government Area of Enugu State, Igwe Okechukwu
Agbaji, has asked the Enugu State government to enact a
law to regulate the activities of Fulani herdsmen in the
state.
Agbaji said that the ban on night grazing by Fulani
herdsmen in the state was not backed by any law, adding
that the motion passed by the state House of Assembly to
that effect had no force of law.
He spoke during the New Yam festival of the community at
his palace in Unadu, pointing out that at the time the
government banned night grazing, he travelled to the near-
by Akpanya community in Kogi State with members of his
cabinet to sign agreement of friendship with the leader of
the herdsmen to ensure peaceful coexistence with his
people and the herdsmen, especially in respect of the ban
on night grazing but regretted that the efforts did not deter
the herdsmen from bringing their cattle to graze in the
night at Unadu.
“The state governor, Ifeanyi Ugwanyi asked all traditional
rulers in the state not to allow their people to fight the
Fulani herdsmen but to dialogue with them.
“This is his policy as a peace loving governor. However, the
government should work with the legislature and enact a
law banning night grazing because the herdsmen are not
observing the ban.”
“On August 28, 2016, herdsmen brought their cattle and
destroyed all our crops here. The also came to one of the
churches at Ugwuogene and drank all their water inside the
church when service was going on. The herdsmen have
been looking for avenue to attack our people and you know
we are at the border of both Kogi and Benue States.
“Last week, a pastor in the Anglican Communion, at Obaka
Unadu, ran to me here and complained that he came out
to ease himself in the night and met some Fulani herdsmen
sleeping with their guns and knives in the palour of his
uncompleted building. Their mission is not yet known but
this is provocative,” he said.[b]Enugu—Worried by the accusation emanating from one
Alhaji Sodu,an Enugu-based Fulani herdsman who claimed
over the weekend that three of his sons and over 100 cows
were missing, an aftermath of an alleged attack by Aku
community youths, the entire Aku Welfare Association
Federated, AWAF, yesterday, disassociated the community
from such nefarious activities.
The union in a joint news briefing with all the traditional
rulers of Aku community revealed that the purported attack
did not take place within Aku boundary but instead, within
Agu-Affa/Agu-Egede in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu
State.

Enugu—Worried by the accusation emanating from one
Alhaji Sodu,an Enugu-based Fulani herdsman who claimed
over the weekend that three of his sons and over 100 cows
were missing, an aftermath of an alleged attack by Aku
community youths, the entire Aku Welfare Association
Federated, AWAF, yesterday, disassociated the community
from such nefarious activities.
The union in a joint news briefing with all the traditional
rulers of Aku community revealed that the purported attack
did not take place within Aku boundary but instead, within
Agu-Affa/Agu-Egede in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu
State.

“Security report from Igbo-Etiti Divisional Police Officer, DPO, during an interactive session between Aku community
leaders and the division at Ogbede revealed that the attackers were suspected armed robbers; that butchering 10 cows and stealing another 300 is no mean feat and would be easily detected within Aku community, which is very close knit.”

It will be recalled that a palpable fear had engulfed Aku
community last weekend,in Igbo-Etiti Local Government
Area of Enugu State following the allegation from Alhaji
Sodu. Vanguard’s investigations showed that Alhaji Sodu
has since reunited with his three sons. His allegation forced
members of the community to scamper to safety over fears
of reprisal attack.

Monarch urges govt to enact law regulating activities
of herdsmen
Meantime, the traditional ruler of Unadu in Igboeze South
Local Government Area of Enugu State, Igwe Okechukwu
Agbaji, has asked the Enugu State government to enact a
law to regulate the activities of Fulani herdsmen in the
state.
Agbaji said that the ban on night grazing by Fulani
herdsmen in the state was not backed by any law, adding
that the motion passed by the state House of Assembly to
that effect had no force of law.
He spoke during the New Yam festival of the community at
his palace in Unadu, pointing out that at the time the
government banned night grazing, he travelled to the near-
by Akpanya community in Kogi State with members of his
cabinet to sign agreement of friendship with the leader of
the herdsmen to ensure peaceful coexistence with his
people and the herdsmen, especially in respect of the ban
on night grazing but regretted that the efforts did not deter
the herdsmen from bringing their cattle to graze in the
night at Unadu.
“The state governor, Ifeanyi Ugwanyi asked all traditional
rulers in the state not to allow their people to fight the
Fulani herdsmen but to dialogue with them.
“This is his policy as a peace loving governor. However, the
government should work with the legislature and enact a
law banning night grazing because the herdsmen are not
observing the ban.”
“On August 28, 2016, herdsmen brought their cattle and
destroyed all our crops here. The also came to one of the
churches at Ugwuogene and drank all their water inside the
church when service was going on. The herdsmen have
been looking for avenue to attack our people and you know
we are at the border of both Kogi and Benue States.
“Last week, a pastor in the Anglican Communion, at Obaka
Unadu, ran to me here and complained that he came out
to ease himself in the night and met some Fulani herdsmen
sleeping with their guns and knives in the palour of his
uncompleted building. Their mission is not yet known but
this is provocative,” he said.[/b]Enugu—Worried by the accusation emanating from one
Alhaji Sodu,an Enugu-based Fulani herdsman who claimed
over the weekend that three of his sons and over 100 cows
were missing, an aftermath of an alleged attack by Aku
community youths, the entire Aku Welfare Association
Federated, AWAF, yesterday, disassociated the community
from such nefarious activities.
The union in a joint news briefing with all the traditional
rulers of Aku community revealed that the purported attack
did not take place within Aku boundary but instead, within
Agu-Affa/Agu-Egede in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu
State.

Enugu—Worried by the accusation emanating from one
Alhaji Sodu,an Enugu-based Fulani herdsman who claimed
over the weekend that three of his sons and over 100 cows
were missing, an aftermath of an alleged attack by Aku
community youths, the entire Aku Welfare Association
Federated, AWAF, yesterday, disassociated the community
from such nefarious activities.
The union in a joint news briefing with all the traditional
rulers of Aku community revealed that the purported attack
did not take place within Aku boundary but instead, within
Agu-Affa/Agu-Egede in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu
State.

“Security report from Igbo-Etiti Divisional Police Officer, DPO, during an interactive session between Aku community
leaders and the division at Ogbede revealed that the attackers were suspected armed robbers; that butchering 10 cows and stealing another 300 is no mean feat and would be easily detected within Aku community, which is very close knit.”

It will be recalled that a palpable fear had engulfed Aku
community last weekend,in Igbo-Etiti Local Government
Area of Enugu State following the allegation from Alhaji
Sodu. Vanguard’s investigations showed that Alhaji Sodu
has since reunited with his three sons. His allegation forced
members of the community to scamper to safety over fears
of reprisal attack.

Monarch urges govt to enact law regulating activities
of
herdsmen

Meantime, the traditional ruler of Unadu in Igboeze South
Local Government Area of Enugu State, Igwe Okechukwu
Agbaji, has asked the Enugu State government to enact a
law to regulate the activities of Fulani herdsmen in the
state.
Agbaji said that the ban on night grazing by Fulani
herdsmen in the state was not backed by any law, adding
that the motion passed by the state House of Assembly to
that effect had no force of law.
He spoke during the New Yam festival of the community at
his palace in Unadu, pointing out that at the time the
government banned night grazing, he travelled to the near-
by Akpanya community in Kogi State with members of his
cabinet to sign agreement of friendship with the leader of
the herdsmen to ensure peaceful coexistence with his
people and the herdsmen, especially in respect of the ban
on night grazing but regretted that the efforts did not deter
the herdsmen from bringing their cattle to graze in the
night at Unadu.
“The state governor, Ifeanyi Ugwanyi asked all traditional
rulers in the state not to allow their people to fight the
Fulani herdsmen but to dialogue with them.
“This is his policy as a peace loving governor. However, the
government should work with the legislature and enact a
law banning night grazing because the herdsmen are not
observing the ban.”
“On August 28, 2016, herdsmen brought their cattle and
destroyed all our crops here. The also came to one of the
churches at Ugwuogene and drank all their water inside the
church when service was going on. The herdsmen have
been looking for avenue to attack our people and you know
we are at the border of both Kogi and Benue States.
“Last week, a pastor in the Anglican Communion, at Obaka
Unadu, ran to me here and complained that he came out
to ease himself in the night and met some Fulani herdsmen
sleeping with their guns and knives in the palour of his
uncompleted building. Their mission is not yet known but
this is provocative,” he said.

Why will these herds men be allowed to be carring guns up and down, are members of the Nigerian Army?

042,You people should better brace up and be armed to the teeth before they attack.
And yes,it's gonna be tragic!!!
But seriouly,how can people value a cow's life over a human life..

Hello every one, how are you?