By Emeka Mamah

Enugu—The Judicial Commission of Inquiry into killing of people and destruction of property by suspected herdsmen at Nimbo in Uzo Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State has started sitting.

Speaking during   the inaugural   sitting in Enugu, yesterday, the Chairman   of the panel, Justice Chukwuma Eneh, rtd. said that the members would do justice to all parties involved in the matter.

Kingsley Oneyebuchie sits in a Nsukka hospital room on May 5, 2016, after surviving a Fulani herdsmen machete attack in Nsukka, southeast Nigeria. Over the past year Biafran independence protests have erupted across Nigeria’s south-east where many protesters where injured or killed during clashes with the Nigerian Police and army.

Eneh who described the assignment as critical said, “We call on Nimbo people and every other community where herdsmen live and graze their cattle in the state to cooperate with us as we strive to discharge our duties without any ill will.

“We equally call on the herdsmen to cooperate with us in spite of the season they are in. “

He further said that the commission would do its best to curtail infringements on citizens’ rights in the interest of communities and herdsmen, adding that all parties involved would be given summons “as we would not like anybody to complain of being omitted.

“We have a commitment to look into all communities where herdsmen live and do their business in the state and call on all parties to maintain the status quo ante.”

In his submission, one of the Counsel to the Nimbo community, Mr Sodiq Nwabueze told the commission   that the herdsmen were still grazing in the ravaged community.