The Transition Committee Chairman of
Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of
Enugu State ,Chief Cornel Onwubuya, on
Monday told the Judicial Panel of Inquiry
on Nimbo Killings that some traditional
rulers collected money from the
herdsmen to permit them graze their
cattle in some communities within the
Uzo-Uwani council area, of Enugu state.
He said that because the herdsmen part
with their money before being given pass
to graze their cattle, they felt quite
emboldened to do whatever pleased
them including feeding their cattle with
farm crops and destruction of farms.
“Based on my interactions with them,
they don’t see anything wrong in what
they are doing in people’s farmlands,” he
said. “The problem is also that you see a
very small boy controlling over 100 cows.
How can a small boy control such
number of cattle without them causing
destruction on farms?” he added.
Answering question from the
commission on whether money were
collected from herdsmen by the native
rulers or other individuals before
permitting them to pasture their cows,
Onwubuya said: “We ‘ve had cases where
some traditional rulers were said to have
collected money from the herdsmen;
and not only the traditional rulers, we
have had instances where sometimes
people collect money from the
herdsmen and give them pass to graze in
their communities even when such
people are not authorized to issue pass
to the herdsmen.”
Onwubuya, who testified before the
commission on the April 25, 2016 attack
by suspected herdsmen on the Nimbo
community which claimed many lives
with properties worth millions of naira
destroyed, also told the commission that
often the herdsmen would realize that
they had paid to the wrong people
because the people that issued pass to
them were not authorized to do so.
He recalled that he had earlier given
information to the security men about
the impending attack three days before
the killings, stressing that he informed
them that about 500 assailants were
camped at a place called Ameke and that
they would attack Nimbo. “I made
information available to the Governor,
Chief Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, the then
Commissioner of Police, Nwodibo
Ekechukwu, and the Area Commander
for Nsukka and the DPO. Every bit of
information I got, I released it on good
time. I gave them information three days
before the attack, and how they treated
the information is left to the security
men.”
He further explained: “We knew they
were coming and we knew where they
were coming from and we knew where
they were camped and we knew they
would attack us.”
He said that from the information “we
gave to the police, I believe they can
even sort out this matter without
catching those they arrested. There are
other alternatives to get at those who
masterminded the attack. I believe that
all of them knew what was happening
because before the attack everybody
including the herdsmen and their cows
left the area.
Asked his opinion on how solve the
problem, Onwubuya told the panel that
as an official of the government, he
would be neutral in the matter even
while making sure that both the
herdsmen and their hosts co-existed
peacefully. “All complaints come to me;
complaints from the herdsmen. All I’m
doing is to ensure a peaceful co-
existence between the two parties.”
Source: www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/-enugu-traditional-rulers-collect-grazing-money-from-herdsmen/155017.html#yjKSiyuJOMVAXcMq.99

Devils men

Even the traditional rulers too are corrupt

Smh. Corruption. Those corrupt traditional rulers have blood on their hands. Saboteurs.

Make I no talk.

Paying for graze land is a license to take life. This man and d man who sent him to testify must be mad.

Chai!!

My people my people...... Our money our money

No wonder Ugwuanyi was asking them to pray and fast instead of getting angry. How can you vex for folks you already sold your people to?

Anyway, let the Fulani herdsmen come and collect their remaining money.....we no do again

Ibo and money? That Traditional Ruler has just disgraced Ekweremadu.