Obaseki places 90-day total ban on grazing in Odighi, Odiguetue communities, environs ● ...sets up special task force to comb out herdsmen from forests, communities ● ...orders arrest of herdsmen on sight, vetting, enumeration of all herders
Obaseki places 90-day total ban on grazing in Odighi , Odiguetue communities, environs ● ...sets up special task force to comb out herdsmen from forests, communities ● ...orders arrest of herdsmen on sight, vetting, enumeration of all herders As an interim measure to forestall further killings and destruction of property, Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has placed a 90- day total ban on grazing in Odighi, Odiguetue communities and environs. Obaseki 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. 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. "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 squa...