The Divisional Police Officer, DPO, in charge
of Vunokilang Police Station in Girei Local
Government Area of Adamawa State was
among the 30 people killed in an attack by
suspected Fulani herdsmen on Sunday
morning .
Reports from the area revealed that the
suspected herdsmen raided four villages:
Demsare, Wunamokoh, Dikajam and
Taboungo in what is believed to be a
vengeance mission over an existing feud with
farmers in the area.
Several houses and other property in the
villages were also burnt in the attack.
The DPO, Okozie Okereofor, a Chief
Superintendent of Police, who was deployed
to the state about two months ago, was said to
have been ambushed when he was leading
police officers to the disputed area. He was
killed in the eventual shootout with his
assailants.
The corpse of the slain police officer and the
others killed is currently deposited at the
morgue of the Federal Medical Centre, Yola.
The Police in Adamawa have confirmed the
killing of Mr. Okereofor.
“The DPO and his team were attacked while
on official duty in the affected villages where
he was killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen,”
the spokesperson of the Adamawa State Police
Command, Othman Abubakar, said.
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