Herdsmen have attacked residents of Opanda community in Uzo Uwani Local Government Area of leaving scores dead.
An unspecified number of the residents were reported dead while others sustained several degrees of injuries.
An indigene of the area told StandardObservers that some of the victims were rushed to Bishop Shanahan Hospital in Nsukka, adding that they were later referred to the National Orthopedic Hospital Enugu over the seriousness of the injuries.
The attack in Opanda is the third attack on communities in Enugu in less than one month.
The police public relations officer, Enugu State police command, Mr Daniel Ndukwe said those wounded by the herders were receiving treatment at a health facility.
According to him, “Following information received at Nimbo Police Division in the early hours of today, 26/07/2021, alleging that yet-to-be-identified hoodlums attacked some persons in a location at Opanda Village in Nimbo Community of Uzo-Uwani LGA, police operatives attached to the division raced to the scene and found three young men with degrees of machete cuts. They were immediately rushed to a nearby hospital, where they are responding to treatment.
“Meanwhile, the area is calm, while the commissioner of police, CP Mohammed Ndatsu Aliyu, has ordered the conduct of thorough investigations to unravel the circumstances surrounding the incident and bring the perpetrators to book.
“He also calls on residents of the area to remain calm and assist the police with useful information.”
