Eight persons were reportedly killed on Sunday in a clash between Fulani herdsmen and members of Igga Community, Uzo Uwani local government area of Enugu State.
It was gathered that some Fulani herdsmen shot a member of the community in his farm in Adani and blocked sympathisers from taking the victim to hospital.
The refusal triggered reactions which attracted some members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) to the spot, leading to a clash between the herdsmen and members of the ESN.
Another account said that it was amid the attempt to resuscitate the young man with bullet wound, that unknown number of angry youths on motorcycles stormed the scene and started shooting at those barricading the factory worker from receiving medical attention, resulting in the death of many people.
A worship centre was razed by the mob leading to many residents of Adani, an agricultural community, fleeing the area to neighbouring communities in Nsukka and Igbo-Etiti Local Government Areas.
Some residents of Adani, who spoke on condition of anonymity, claimed that hunters and some local vigilantes had encountered some unfamiliar faces suspected to be personnel of Eastern Security Network, ESN, in the forests around the council area who told them that they were not after any law-abiding residents in the area.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Ndatsu Aliyu, and other top security operatives in the state visited Adani for fact-finding at the scene of the incident on Monday.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, (PPRO), Daniel Ndukwe, who accompanied the Commissioner of police on the mission, confirmed the incident. He promised to provide more details later.
It would be recalled that Fulani herdsmen attacked Nimbo, a border town in Uzo-Uwani local government area on April 25, 2016, killing many people.
