"Benue has twenty-two local governments. But twelve local governments are under siege by Fulani herds

- Governor Samuel Otorm spoke when he received the president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (KAN).

- The KAN president warned that there is no monopoly of violence and as such the killing Christians must stop their actions

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue painted a very somber situation about the level of insecurity in the state, revealing that 12 of its 23 local government areas are still being held by Fulani herdsmen.

who spoke on Friday 5 May 2017 on the prosecution of crimes by shepherds in the state, made the revelation when he received the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Honorable Samson Ayokunle.

The Nigerian Tribune reported that Governor Otorm, who defended the newly-successful anti-open pasture in the state, added: "To arrive at a time when the Benue State Council passed the complete grazing bill, talk the volume and go Confirm that we will receive support from all the Christian community in Nigeria.

The governor said 12 of the local government were under siege
"What you see in the bill is not just a decision of the governor, or the speaker or members of the Benue state of the House of Assembly but the decision of Benue State because the bill is subject to public hearing and the People were unanimous.

"Benue State was completely under siege for two years. It is not a crime that God gave us a green land and if we are known as the food basket of the nation, we are not going to air or on Place the sea or anywhere else, it is on land.

"We can not compete with pastures. It's impossible for pastures to go with farms. And for a few years we either called the herdsmen, but they continued to kill.

"Even before I became governor, the lasting solution to the ongoing collisions between farmers / herdsmen is collision, that is what the bill passed at the National Assembly said.

"The increase in human activity, road networks, markets and other things, land completion is good. It is unreasonable to think that grazing in Nigeria will continue.

"It is unbelievable that cattle interfere freely in traffic in Abuja in the country's capital. I think it's high time.

"They need to make their cattle in a civilized way scarce and it has to be regulated. In Benue state you have to comply with the law, otherwise it will end you.

"This year will be the last year we're ravaging people and being chased out of their communities."

In his speech, the KAN president called for mutual respect as the key to ensuring peaceful society.

"The situation in which the perpetrator is treated like a sacred cow is so challenging and unacceptable, and there is a suggestion in psychology that says that aggression depends on the degree of frustration. If you continue to frustrate people, They can become very aggressive.

"Therefore, we do not want a group of professionals whether shepherds or any other men make other wrath that can end in a major war in this country.

"We say that because violence is not a monopoly of any ethnic group, if the government is still looking at the herdsmen and allows them to kill everywhere, the way the herdsmen get their ammunition will get the rest of us That, "he said.