- Governor Ortom said President Buhari is will visit Benue state on Monday, March 2
- He said the president is visiting the state to commiserate with the state over the herdsmen attacks
- The Benue governor stated that herdsmen causing problems were enemies of the APC and Nigerians
President Muhammadu Buhari will visit Benue state on Monday, March 12, to commiserate with the people of the state over the herdsmen attacks, Governor Samuel Ortom disclosed on Thursday, March 8.
Governor Ortom added that three herdsmen had been convicted for violating the Anti-Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law, the Nation reports.
NAIJ.com gathered that the Benue governor, who spoke during a meeting of the State Working Committee (SWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said over 100 herdsmen had been arrested for contravening the law.
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He added that security agencies have also promised to help enforce implementation of the ranching law.
Ortom stated that herdsmen causing problems were enemies of the APC and Nigerians.
He reiterated his call for the arrest and prosecution of leaders of Miyetti Allah and other herdsmen groups for their inflammatory statements.
State APC chairman Abba Yaro pledged the party’s continued support for the Ortom-led administration, saying his resilience and steadfastness in the wake of attacks was laudable.
In a related development, Ortom said herdsmen attacks on the state poses a big threat to food security.
He said this at the Government House in Makurdi when the presidential committee on rehabilitation of communities affected by farmers/herdsmen crisis visited him.
Ortom lamented that renewed attacks on Benue communities came at a time farmers were harvesting, and so crop seeds were used as feed for cattle after invading and displacing farmers.
The governor worried that people were still in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps when land preparation for the next cropping season was approaching. He described it as a sign of famine.
The governor urged the committee to amplify the need for ranching as the best method of animal husbandry.
He described happenings in the state as an “invasion of occupation and not grazing” as alleged in some quarters.
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The leader of the delegation and Director of Relief and Rehabilitation of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Kayode Fagbemi, said they were in the state to carry out an assessment of damages in communities with a view to rebuilding them.
NAIJ.com previously reported that security was tightened up in most parts of Jos, Plateau state, ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s two-day working visit to the north central state.
Correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria who went round the city observed heavy security presence with fierce-looking armed personnel in areas considered as flashpoints.
It was observed that armoured tanks were positioned around many roundabouts in the city centre, while various teams of security personnel in siren-blaring vehicles were seen patrolling the city.
The president's two-day working visit to the state started on Thursday, March 8.
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Source: Naija.ng
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