Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has said the Benue State Government on his watch has suspended the operations of the livestock guards, the state para-military agency tasked with the enforcement of the Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law of 2017 for a period of two weeks to allow all herdsmen with livestock within Benue territory to exit.
He disclosed this at the end of the state security council meeting in the wake of the killing of over 130 persons within one week.
According to the governor, the move was to show good faith to all those who claimed to have come into the state without knowing there was a law prohibiting open grazing.
He also said security agencies in the state had confirmed the receipt of President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive to fish out perpetrators of the mass killings across the state, a duty he said the security agencies should act fast on to bring victims of the attack some form of justice.
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