THE Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase, has ordered the detention of a serving Police Corporal attached at Adani Police Divisional Headquarters, for allegedly aiding the Fulani herdsmen in the attack on Ukpabi-Nimbo community in Enugu, last Monday.

Arase, who was in Ukpabi-Nimbo community on Wednesday, for an on-the-spot assessment, ordered that the police officer should be detained in police custody while the allegation would be properly investigated by the police, adding if found wanting, he would face the music.

At Ukpabi-Nimbo community, the police boss, who addressed members of the affected community on Wednesday during his visit to the troubled area, assured the people that the police would do everything within its powers to bring perpetrators of the barbaric act to book.

Arase, who was accompanied on the visit by top police officers from force headquarters, Abuja, as well as state commissioners of police in the South-East zone, described the incident as quite “depressing.”

He said: “I want to assure Nigerians that those involved in the barbaric act cannot go unpunished, they must be brought to book.”

The police chief also advised the people, especially youths of the area to remain calm and allow the police hunt for the suspects.

The IGP added that he came personally to the community, so as to enable him see things for himself and get first-hand information on the incident.

“I decided to come here personally to get first-hand information on the incident, because of the conflicting media reports we have been getting on the attack,” he said.
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These murderous herdsman are wild. One thing I learnt from discovery channel is that once a wild animal kills a man, you must go after it and kill it for it has tasted human blood. Don't make the mistake of thinking it will not come again. You go after it, you search for it and kill it.