“Benue Anti-Grazing Law” Governor Samuel Ortom has alleged of a fresh plot to attack Benue, claiming influx of over one million cattle since the launch of Exercise Ayem Akpatuma in the state by the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai.
Taking the Senior Pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre,
Dr. Paul Enenche and his wife, Becky, on a tour of the grave of the 73
victims killed on New Year Day by suspected herdsmen in Makurdi
yesterday, the governor appealed to the military to flush out the
invaders so that the over 160,000 displaced persons, spread across eight
camps, could return home.
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| Photo Credit: Seyi Anwo(LivestockTrend.com) |
According to him, more than 60 people
had been killed since the mass burial on January 11, 2018 with three of
the victims murdered just last week in Guma council area.
Enenche, who anointed the land to
signify the breaking of its yoke, declared that the burial connotes the
internment of government, security failure, impunity, Jihadist agenda
and all forms of evil in the country.
He prayed for God’s judgment, asking the earth to rise up against the killers and their sponsors.
However, Ortom urged troops deployed to
give vent to the military exercise to assist in the implementation of
the state’s Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law.
He made the appeal when he received
principal officers of the University of Agriculture, Makurdi, led by the
Vice Chancellor, Professor Richard Kimbi, during a courtesy call on him
at the Benue Peoples House in Makurdi.
The governor challenged the military on
the arrest and prosecution of perpetrators of the killings in the state
and parts of the federation.
He appealed to policy makers to adopt
international best practices in animal husbandry in line with the
realities of the 21st Century.
Ortom commended the university for
delivering on its mandate in turning out graduates in various fields but
urged that attention should be given to practical aspects of
agriculture.
He said the State Ministry of Works was considering the request to repair Uniagric road.
Source: agrobusinessngr.com
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