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Edo State Bans Herdsmen For 90 Days

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Edo State Bans Herdsmen For 90 Days

Edo State Bans Herdsmen For 90 Days

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has placed a 90-day ban on grazing in Odighi, Odiguetue communities and environs, as an interim measure to forestall further killings and destruction of property by herdsmen.

Obaseki who announced the ban during a meeting with members of Odighi, Owan and Odigwuetue communities at the palace of the Enogie of Odighi Community in Ovia North East Local Government Council of the state ordered the arrest of herdsmen on sight, vetting and enumeration of all herders.

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The governor said the ban became necessary to stop further killings as the duty of his administration is to protect lives and property of the people of the state, and set up special taskforce to comb out herdsmen from the forests and the communities.

He said: “We have set up a special taskforce made up of the Army, Police, State Security Service, hunters and vigilante groups to comb the bushes and dislodge squatter camps of killer herdsmen and ensure no grazing takes place in Odighi, Odiguetue communities and environs”.

Obaseki said within two weeks, the taskforce will go round the affected communities to get information that will help dislodge the criminals who pose as herdsmen in the forest.

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