The Force headquarters said a special team set up by the Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has prevented many attacks on innocent Nigerians by Fulani herdsmen.

It stated that the Special Intelligence Response Team, had foiled many violent attacks by bandits, including herdsmen, adding that many suspects had also been arrested and charged to court.



The Force Public Relations Officer, Bisi Kolawole, said this in response to inquiries about the incessant bloody attacks by Fulani herdsmen across the country.

“The Special Intelligence Response Team has arrested many herdsmen and other criminals, it has also foiled several attacks before they were carried out; this means the police are ahead of the criminals, but where you have attacks, our men have been deployed and investigation has commenced and it is a matter of time before we arrest the perpetrators,” she said.

Kolawole stated that the police authorities had strategised and put in place security measures to degrade the attackers, adding that the police would continue to arrest and prosecute all criminals across the country.

Commenting on the attack in Enugu in which about 20 people were allegedly killed by herdsmen, she said that the police had commenced investigation into the incident, noting that the Enugu State Commissioner of Police had deployed his men to the crime scene.

On the allegation that the command had prior information on the attack, but failed to foil it, Kolawole said she had no such report.

Meanwhile, the Enugu State Commissioner of Police, Nwodibo Ekechukwu, has said that he deployed sufficient policemen in Nimbo, Uzo-Uwani local government, which was attacked on Monday.

The CP informed our correspondent over the telephone on Tuesday that the marauders engaged policemen and soldiers that were deployed in a shoot-out.

He explained that the intention of the attackers was to attack the centre of the town, noting that the security forces engaged them in a shoot-out and thwarted their plan to stage a massive attack.

Ekechukwu said, “We massively deployed policemen in Uzo-uwani when we got information that the place is under threat, anyone saying we didn’t deploy sufficiently would not have been on the ground and so cannot say what happened.

“Sufficient police officers were deployed, but the community is very vast; Nimbo is in Uzo-uwani Local Government Area and it has boundaries with Ebonyi, Anambra, Benue and Kogi States.

“Our men were supported by soldiers and they prevented the attackers from coming to the centre of the community. The attack took place at the fringe of the town and my men engaged the attackers in a shoot-out and prevented them from coming to the centre of the town which was their target.”

When asked if any of the attackers were arrested, the CP declined to comment, saying, “It’s an ongoing thing, it’s a process, so we want to be silent on that.”



http://www.punchng.com/attackers-engaged-policemen-soldiers-in-a-shoot-out-enugu-cp/

Every government agency has been infected with the lying virus since APC and Buhari won elections.

Declare them terrorists that all !

believe nigeria police at ur own peril

Boko haram has handed over the batton to fulani jihadist. while our president has gone dumb, because they are his kinsmen or maybe its part of the CHANGE AGENDA

congrats Nigeria!

Arrant nonsense,this is what you get when a nomadic herdsman is on the helm of affairs of a nation.....Nigeria is a huge joke!!!

Luckylife:
Declare them terrorists that all !

with or without dullard they are already a terrorist

Lies from d devils workshop. d police and army are sustain by lying to Nigerians on dia activities with d herdmen .

keep up d lying spirit cos one day monkey will go market n will not smell home again.

Thunder fire whoever is lying here..

In 2000 buhari and co visited Lam adesina on account of few Fulani that was killed. Today Fulani are killing others and the same buhari has remain numb and when Enugu governor called him to order the police and military to nimbo he kept him on hold for 24 hrs. Buhari I smell your hand in this, but you will fail because no one takes a snake by the tail. Its Fulani against others this time you will not prevent a counter attack.

You men engaged them in a shoot out but none was arrested or killed

Liars

Did anybody see picture of arrested or detail Fulani herdsmen involved in the attack?
No, because they are all in Aso Rock celebrating with their chief, their grand patron, and brain behind their recent conquest of Nigeria by force.

Hmmmm

Things fall apart

Great..

I have already started my own campaign by sending pictures and stories to international media players. The international communities need to be seeing that buhari is a terrorist . guys continue to be sending any available pictures and stories to CNN, BBC, aljazera, CCTV, Fox news cos our brown envelope media houses have been compromised. Especially PUNCH and VANGUARD

Lies from pit of hell

BUHARI say sth let us know if it is among ur so called "CHANGE"

Lairs!! Lairs!!! Lairs!!!!!!! Lairs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! in every sector of this government.

And some zombies were blabbing that the men in the town were cowards.

It's even a display of gross incompetence for the cp to issue such statement.

God punish Buhari

i can see lai muhammed in dis thread

May God punish the Nigerian police. where were the Nigerian police when our people were killed in cold blood? It is high time we policed ourselves because these people are all a bunch of demons.

Interesting!!! Ghostmode shootout

It is like lying is one of the police course one has to do and master before becoming a police officer?

Hmmmm.....

God na ur hand we dey oooo.