BREAKING: ‘Leave Benue State now’ – Alia issues quit notice to herdsmen

The Benue State Security Council has given a two week’s ultimatum to people operating Open Grazing within the state to comply with the State’s Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Law (2017), insisting that the law is still in force in the state.

They also called on herders/invaders to immediately leave the state and return to where they came from, warning those who invited them to immediately desist from the act.
These were part of the resolutions reached at the end of the State Security Meeting, held at the Benue State Government House, Makurdi, on Tuesday, February 20th, 2024.

Briefing newsmen shortly after the meeting, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor of Benue State, Sir Tersoo Kula, said the Council also constituted a seven man committee to ensure the enforcement of the ultimatum, which begins on Wednesday, February 21st, 2024.

While calling on the good people of the state to remain calm and Security conscious as the state government is making efforts to secure the lives and property of the people of the state, the State Security Council, however, tasked security agencies, traditional rulers and the general public to report for persecution, any person who is in the habit of collaborating and inviting the armed herders into the state.
On the hardship and looming food insecurity across the nation, the Council, according to Kula, urged the people of Benue State to remain calm as efforts are being put in place by the government to address the challenge.

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