The Benue State Government has
instituted a case against Miyetti Allah Kauttal Hore and its leadership over
the continuous killing of many people in the state.
The state governor, Samuel Ortom,
who disclosed this yesterday in an interview with newsmen in Makurdi, said the
case will cover the 73 persons first killed by herdsmen in January this year.
According to him, the case which
is going to come up this Thursday will only be one among many other cases the
state will institute against the killer herdsmen and the Fulani socio-cultural
group.
The governor reiterated his call
for arrest of leaders of Miyetti Allah whom he accused of being behind the
killings in the state.
“These people had, after our
ranching law was signed, addressed a press conference and said they would
mobilise their kinsmen to attack Benue and true to their words they started
attacking Benue.
“I have severally called for
their arrest but they are still walking the streets freely but I still insist
that they should be arrested,” he stressed.
Speaking on the ban placed by the
National Economic Council on open grazing in Benue, Taraba, Plateau, Kaduna
etc, Ortom described it as welcome decision.
He stated that the state has been
vindicated by the NEC, which had last week in their meeting, banned open
grazing and recommended ranching in some states, including Benue.
He said Benue was gradually
winning the hearts of Nigerians in support of open grazing prohibition and
ranches establishment for livestock.
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