Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom,
has vowed not to repeal the anti-grazing law.
Ortom, speaking at the mass
burial for 73 victims of herdsmen attacks in Makurdi, insisted that his
administration would not be intimidated by threats.
The law, among other things,
prohibits the movement of livestock on foot within the state.
Defending his action, Ortom
stated that “it is the best way to go and it is in conformity with global best
practices”.
The Governor also blamed the
“silence” of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration for the killings.
He lamented that if the federal
government had acted on the reports he gave it concerning the threats of
attacks by the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, the killings would have been averted.
He also called for the arrest of
the leadership of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore.
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