Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has lamented the destruction of his 2,420 hectares farmland at Howe in Aliade area of Gwer East Local Government of Benue State, at the weekend.
Obasanjo, in a statement issued in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, described the burning down of his farm as a bad development.
The mango plantation belonging to the former President was reportedly destroyed by suspected hoodlums.
The former President, while reacting to the incident on Tuesday, said the local and state governments, including security agencies in the state had taken up the issue, with a view to fishing out the perpetrators.
The statement entitled “Obasanjo condemns burning of farm in Benue” read in part: “Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has described as a bad development, the burning of his 2,420 hectares of land farm at Howe in Aliade area of Gwer East Local Government of Benue State, at the weekend.
“Obasanjo said the local and state governments, including the security agencies in the state have taken up the issue, with a view to fishing out the perpetrators and prosecution.
“The former President thanked those who had called him to identify with him on the incident, stressing that, despite the huge loss on the farm land as a result of the inferno, there was no death recorded, and this is gladdening to note.”
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