{"id":7859,"date":"2018-02-27T01:12:07","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T08:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=7859"},"modified":"2018-02-27T01:53:03","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T08:53:03","slug":"helpless-gov-ortom-laments-influx-herdsmen-cows-benue","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/helpless-gov-ortom-laments-influx-herdsmen-cows-benue\/","title":{"rendered":"In spite of existing anti-open grazing law, helpless Gov Ortom laments influx of herdsmen, cows in Benue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7310 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/8F49561C-77C0-477A-AB5D-15CFECCC8689.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"766\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/8F49561C-77C0-477A-AB5D-15CFECCC8689.jpeg 766w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/8F49561C-77C0-477A-AB5D-15CFECCC8689-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/8F49561C-77C0-477A-AB5D-15CFECCC8689-100x56.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Monday raised fresh concerns of possible herdsmen attacks in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The governor dropped this hint when he led the Senior Pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Paul Enenche, and his wife, Becky, to the cemetery of the 73 victims of the New Year Fulani herdsmen attacks.<\/p>\n<p>The governor hinged his alarm on the influx of over one million cattle into the state despite the launch of a military operation code-named\u00a0<em>Ayem Akpatuma<\/em>\u00a0last Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Ortom, who decried the influx of herdsmen into the state, appealed to the military to flush out the invaders so that the over 160,000 displaced persons who had been in eight camps could return to their homes.<\/p>\n<p>Ortom added that more than 60 persons, including three people killed last week in Guma Local Government Area of the state, had been killed since the mass burial of the 73 persons initially killed by herdsmen in the New Year attacks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Monday raised fresh concerns of possible herdsmen attacks in the state. The governor dropped this hint when he led the Senior Pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Paul Enenche, and his wife, Becky, to the cemetery of the 73 victims of the New Year Fulani herdsmen attacks. 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