Determined to track the Fulani herdsmen who recently unleashed mayhem on the people of Nimbo community in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State, the Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has dispatched a high power investigative team to Enugu to unravel the remote and immediate causes of the carnage.
The newly transferred State Commissioner of Police, Emmanuel Ojukwu, disclosed this on Monday, while addressing Area Commanders, Divisional Police officers and other Heads of Department in the state police command.
Ojukwu expressed sadness over the recent loss of lives and properties at Nimbo, stressing that any person found to have been directly or indirectly involved in the killings will face the full wrath of the law.
“A high powered investigative team has been dispatched by the Inspector General of Police Solomon E. Arase to unravel the remote and immediate causes of the incident and noted that any person found to have been directly or indirectly involved, will face the full sanctions as stipulated by the law,” he added.
The commissioner of police, having analysed the security situation in the state, warned all officers and men to shape up or ship out while he also admonished them to live up to their responsibilities of rendering quality service to the people of the state.
He advised officers to embrace the full tenets of community policing which include partnership, openness, accountability and respect for human rights, adding that they should work hard to restore public confidence.
The State Police boss however, warned that he will not accept excuse from from officers and men in his command, stressing that criminals should change from their evil ways as police had mapped out crime preventive strategies to flush them out from the state.
