ONDO AND BENUE STATE GOVERNMENT BERATE BAUCHI STATE GOVERNOR, BALA FOR BACKING THE USE OF FIREARMS BY FULANI HERDSMEN
Written by miebaka ikiriko on February 13, 2021
The Ondo and Benue State Governments have berated the Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed for backing the use of firearms by Fulani Herdsmen.
Mohammed had while speaking at the closing ceremony of the 2021 press week of the correspondents chapel o the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Bauchi State Council on Thursday said Fulani herders carried AK-47 for self-defence against attacks by cattle rustlers.
He also criticized the Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom, over the handling of the herders-farm crises and faulted the notice to quit given by states in the South.