The Enugu State Police Command has disclosed that no community in the state has been invaded, under siege, and the residents displaced as is been rumoured.
The command’s spokesman, SP Daniel Ndukwe, stated on Wednesday in Enugu that the command is aware of a false online report alleging that herdsmen have overrun and occupied homes and schools in the Eha-Amufu community.
Ndukwe said that after a diligent review, the command declared the report as “baseless, mischievous, and a calculated attempt to mislead the public and instill fear.”
He said that the farm settlements allegedly overrun by herdsmen are temporary dwellings used by farmers who periodically return to their permanent residences in their villages.
Ndukwe noted that available records indicate that farmers were temporarily displaced from these farm settlements during the farmer-herder clashes in 2021 and 2022.
However, he said peace and order have since been restored to Eha-Amufu through joint security operations, contrary to the misleading report.
“The police command particularly acknowledges the intentional and intensive interventions of the Government of Enugu State to enhance security, especially in Eha-Amufu community and its adjoining communities, under the leadership of Governor Peter Mbah.
“These efforts include deploying 150 military personnel and well-equipped Special Forces, establishing security agency barracks, and constructing the nearly completed 21.7km Agape-Agu-Mgbuji-Ogbete access road, leading to some farm settlements in the community.
“Regrettably, the medium that published the report ignored these facts and timelines, using unrelated pictures to support its sensational claims.
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“After diligent forensic and digital fact-checking, it was discovered that the images were taken from old reports on incidents in neighbouring states and other locations, then mischievously repurposed to mislead the public,” he said.
According to him, pictures of burnt houses posted by Amnesty International in condemnation of the February 4, 2025, attack on the Nkalaeha community in a neighbouring state were falsely misrepresented in the report as a recent occurrence in Eha-Amufu farm settlements.
The spokesman said that the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mamman Giwa, had urged the public to disregard the unfounded report.
He said that the police commissioner reaffirmed the unwavering commitment of the police and other security agencies to maintaining law, order, and security across the State.
“The command calls on citizens, particularly those in the allegedly affected communities of Eha-Amufu in Isi-Uzo Local Government Area, to remain law-abiding, cooperate with security agencies, and report any genuine security concerns through official channels,” he added.
