Governor Samuel Ortom has insisted on his position on the anti open grazing law will not change.
The governor said, “We will not modify the anti open grazing law as demanded by Miyetti Allah as condition for peace to reign. The law was popularly made by Benue people and it has come to stay.”
The governor had said the same thing on Thursday, January 11, during the mass burial organised by the state government for the victims of recent attacks.
The governor had said the same thing on Thursday, January 11, during the mass burial organised by the state government for the victims of recent attacks.
The bodies of 73 men, women and children were buried at the ceremony that was attended by thousands of of Benue residents who expressed anger at the attacks.
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