The Benue State Government has condemned Friday’s attack on a patrol team of Benue Livestock Guards and Agro Rangers, in which one person was killed and another badly injured.
A statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Animal Husbandry, Shehu Tambaya, described the attack as shocking and unacceptable.
Tambaya, who noted that this was not the first time the bandits would be attacking security personnel in the state, vowed that the attacks would not deter them from carrying out their lawful duty.
He maintained that the Benue Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law has come to stay and would continually be enforced no matter the opposition.
The Governor’s aide further warned the armed bandits and their sponsors to stay away from Benue and allow the state to peacefully enforce its grazing law, stressing that the law was not to witch-hunt anyone, but to ensure peaceful coexistence of all.
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While commiserating with the family of the deceased and praying for the quick recovery for the injured, Tambaya urged the security agencies to go after the perpetrators of the dastardly act and made them face the wrath of the law.
Edited by Tunde Orebiyi
