The Enugu state commissioner of police Abubakar Adamu Mohammed has assured the good people of Enugu state about a strong tie between the Fulani herdsmen, other cattle dealers/rearers in the state and its environs with the members of their host communities.

Adamu made this known at the conference room of the state police headquarters Enugu on 9/6/14 during an interactive session  with all the heads of the herdsmen/rearers in the state and their South-east coordinator, traditional rulers in the state, local Government chairmen and the Divisional police officers in the state. According to the commissioner of police the meeting is targeted at realizing a peaceful co existence between the Fulani herdsmen and their host communities and to ensure that is no rancour and bitterness between the parties as there is always need for peaceful co existence.

Speaking further, Adamu noted that Ezeagu local Government Area Chairman, Emeka Ozoagu has taken the lead of regular meeting of Fulani herdsmen with security Agencies, traditional rulers and the host communities which has helped in keeping the entire safe and secured against any Fulani herdsmen confrontations with the host communities and charge other local Government chairmen to establish the same platform in their various area and ensure they meet on monthly basis as used to be done by the Ezeagu local Government Chairman. The meeting afforded the commissioner of police the opportunity to identify all the relevant stake holders in cattle business which includes both the Fulanis, the Shuas and those rearing cattle for commercial purposes whom he admonished to live in peace with their host communities by identifying with the traditional rulers of areas where they want to graze their cow and to ensure that their cattle do not destroy farm crops and further pointed on the need for the cattle dealers to be well identified as well as their locations. Highlight of the meeting was the formal distributions of Fulani coordinators names with their numbers including their locations to the various local government Area chairmen and traditional rulers. The meeting is expected to be reconvened sometime in July 2014.