Theophilus Onojeghen, WarriGovernor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State on Sunday challenged the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to take proactive steps to encourage cattle ranching so as to stop incessant killings emanating from herdsmen and farmers’ clashes. The governor, who decried the killings by suspected herdsmen across the country, posited that it was time for those involved in cattle rearing to embrace ranching. “It is our hope that necessary actions will be taken for us to go into ranching. “We have sent a bill to the Delta State House of Assembly which will criminalise ‘deve’ (extortion) by youths and anyone who is found guilty will go to jail. We like the peace we are enjoying in the state,” Okowa added.

Source: Punch May 07, 2018 00:33 UTC