Why we planned Enugu massacre-Suspect

Kogi State Police Command now has in its custody, one of the sus­pected herdsmen who participated in the recent massacre of more than 48 persons in Nimbo community, Uzo- Uwani local government area of Enugu state.
Saturday Sun gathered that the suspect simply identified as Mo­hammed Zure was initially ar­rested by the police because of his connection with some suspected kidnappers in the state.
According to a reliable source in the state command, Mohammed was granted bail after the prime suspect in the kidnap case for which he was nabbed was arrested.

 “He was granted bail and because he needed someone to take him on bail, the investigating officer decid­ed to switch on his phone. Out of curiosity, he decided to go through the content of the phone. It was in the process that he discovered hor­rible video clips of a murder scene.

“Everything changed imme­diately and he was taken back to the interrogation room. He later confessed that he was the one who took the video while they were slaughtering one of the victims during the Enugu killings. In the video, you could hear him shouting and saying in Hausa ‘I have killed you now. You think that you can kill Fulani herdsmen and go free’. He personally took the picture to show his family members that he was actually successful and par­ticipated in the killings”, the police source stated.

According to the source, Mo­hammed confessed that they were more than 100 Fulani herdsmen who came for the attack.

“He con­fessed that they were more than 100 and were selected from differ­ent states especially from Taraba , Kogi, Benue, Nasarrawa , Kas­tina , Niger and Kaduna states. He claimed that the people of Nimbo had killed so many of their people in the past and government did not do anything about it. He claimed that they also reported severally to Nimbo elders but they refused to investigate, that was why they de­cided to retaliate.”

Mohammed, it was further gath­ered, told the police that the Fulani are so united that whatever affects an individual is their problem.

“He alleged that their people in Nimbo shared Kolanut to all cattle rearers across the country. What it signi­fies is that there is going to be an attack and everyone should send representatives to support them. He alleged that this is their cus­tom and has been existing. He was nominated to join them because he was born and raised in Enugu by his father who is also a herdsman. Two days before the attack, they all gathered in a community in Kogi and perfected how they would ex­ecute the attack.”

Meanwhile, Saturday Sun learnt that police has commenced mas­sive hunt for the fleeing herdsmen who are believed to have relocated from Enugu.