On 31st March, news broke about herdsmen killing in Ebonyi State, at Ishielu specifically. Gov. Umahi visited the place, and acknowledged that the attack was carried out by Fulani killer herdsmen. He also wondered how herdsmen who were living in the community all moved out days before the attack, hinting that they must have been informed by their kinsmen ahead of the attack. He also revealed that there was an attack on the herdsmen in the past but that his government had placated them. He was shocked, therefore, that despite all his support for them that they could do what they did.