John Charles, MakurdiBenue State Government on Wednesday raised the alarm of massive deployment of cows into the state. The Deputy Governor, Benson Abounu who disclosed this to journalists in Makurdi said that 376 cows have been impounded for flouting the state anti-open grazing law. Abounu said that state livestock guards apprehended the cows between January, 23 and 26, 2021, at Kasima in Guma Local Government Area of the state. “On January, 23, 156 cows belonging to these herdsmen were apprehended, and on the 26 of this month, another 220 cows were apprehended from the same vicinity. Abounu who said that the anti-open grazing law has come to stay insisted that there is no way the state would abrogate the law.

Source: Punch January 27, 2021 14:12 UTC