The Fulani socio-cultural organization, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore has called on Governor Samuel Ortom, to accept their apology over herdsmen attacks and killings in the state.
During a peace initiative brokered by the Chairman of Air Peace, Chief Allen Onyeama in Makurdi, the National Secretary of the association, Engr. Saleh Alhassan, on Sunday, October 27, expressed regrets over the killings and pledged to ensure peaceful coexistence between herdsmen and farmers in the state.
Alhassan described Governor Ortom as a peace-loving man who stood firmly for the emancipation of his people. He said members of the group would embrace the peace initiatives put forward by the Governor.
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On his part, Ortom stated that the enactment of the Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law by Benue State Government was to end the killing of innocent people and encourage ranching as the global best practice of animal husbandry.
According to him, any person or ethnic group wishing to rear livestock in the state was free to come, acquire land and ranch according to provisions of the ranching law of the state.
He further explained that the Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law protects both farmers and livestock owners, adding that legislation was not meant to promote crisis of any kind.