The Commissioner of Police Delta State Command, CP Muhammed Mustafa has declared that the Nigerian Police Force will no longer condone killings by the Fulani Herdsman in Ethiope East and Delta State under any guise.
He expressed sadness that Mr. Happy Akpomieme was brutally killed by the Herdsmen in his farmland at Abraka in Ethiope East LGA and his wife Mrs. Patience Akpomieme was also fatally shot and still gasping for breath at the Delta State University Teaching Hospital, Oghara leaving their 11 children helpless.
CP Mustafa Mohammed, who spoke on Saturday in Abraka while addressing the family of Happy Akpomieme, Hon. Ivwurie and the leadership of Oruarivie Abraka Initiative led by Prof. Big Ben Oghojafor at the residence of the late Akpomieme sounded a final warning to those involved.
The CP said the Police would henceforth be hard on those who failed to embrace peace.
“We want to assure Hon. Ivwurie Evance and Ethiope East that henceforth, we members of the security agencies have collectively resolved to tackle this mayhem and unwarranted killings at all cost. We will engage hard and smart power approaches. To be forewarned is to be forearmed,” CP Mohammed said.
While lamenting the pains and tribulations of the of the Akpomiemie family CP Mohammed warned that Herdsmen must refrain from taking innocent lives that they cannot create.
